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ANNOTATIONS 


HYMNAL: 


CONSISTING  OF 


NOTES,  BIOGRAPHICAL  SKETCHES  OF  AUTHORS, 
ORIGINALS  AND  REFERENCES. 


Rev.  CHARLES  L'^HUTCHINS,  M.A. 


M.   H.  MALLORY  AND  CO.,  HARTFORD,  CONN. 
1872. 


Entered,  according  to  Act  of  Congress,  in  the  year  1872,  by 
CHARLES  L.  HUTCHINS, 

In  the  Office  of  the  Librarian  of  Congress,  at  Washington. 


PRINTED  BT 

M.   B.    MALLOBY   «   CO., 

HABTFOBD,    CONN. 


PREFACE. 


Seating  myself  at  my  table  to  write  some  prefatory  pages  to  the 
following  annotations,  my  eyes  chance  to  rest  upon  two  or  three  scores  of 
Hymnals,  and  works  upon  Hymnody,  arranged  along  my  shelves.  As  I 
think  of  the  many  wise  (and  some  unwise)  thoughts  expressed  in  those 
volumes,  and  of  similar  thoughts  scattered  through  many  other  books 
around  me,  it  seems  superfluous — a  work  of  supererogation — for  me  to 
say  what  I  had  intended,  and  what  I  rather  want  to  say ;  and  I  will  forego 
my  purpose.  My  silence  shall  be  wiser  than  my  speech.  And  in  place 
of  what  I  proposed  saying,  I  will  give — and  this  does  not  require  an 
apology  but  will  receive  thanks  from  all  who  read  these  pages — some 
most  thoughtful  words  from  two  gifted  hymnologists,  who  are  well 
qualified,  in  every  way,  to  speak  upon  this  subject. 

But  first,  I  may  with  propriety  remark,  that  the  substance  of  these 
annotations  has  been  in  the  course  of  preparation  about  two  years.  With 
an  apology  for  referring  to  any  other  work  of  my  own,  I  would  say, 
that  nearly  two  years  ago,  after  the  publication  of  my  ''Church  Hymnal" 
I  determined  to  revise  and  enlarge  it,  if  the  General  Convention  should 
not  adopt  an  authorized  Hymnal.  In  the  work  of  selecting  hymns,  I 
could  fix  upon  no  better  principle  to  guide  me  than  that  of  the  popularity 
or  general  acceptance  of  hymns,  in  the  Christian  Church.  It  seemed  to 
me  that  for  most  of  our  hymns,  this  would  be  the  best  practical  test.  I 
say  most  of  our  hymns,  for  there  are  many,  of  recent  composition,  or  of 
recent  translation  from  other  tongues,  that  can  have  this  test  applied  to 
them  in  but  a  limited  degree.  By  this  course,  it  could  be  pretty  well 
ascertained  what  hymns  had  received  the  general  approval  and  sanction 
of  the  Church.  Personal  tastes  concerning  some  hymns,  would  have, 
not  seldom,  to  be  sacrificed  to  this  test,  but  the  result  it  was  thought, 
would  be  satisfactory.  Accordingly,  I  examined  all  the  standard  Hymnals 
within  my  reach,  making  such  notes  as  would  be  of  service,  and  such  a 


selection  of  hymns  as  would,  I  thought,  be  acceptable  to  our  Communion. 
In  the  end,  however,  it  was  not  necessary  to  set  forth  the  result  of  my 
labours  in  a  revised  Hymnal,  for  our  highest  ecclesiastical  legislative  body, 
at  its  recent  Council,  adopted  a  book,  which  was  alone  authorized  for  use 
in  the  Church.  Since  the  adoption  of  the  new  Hymnal,  I  have  continued 
and  extended  these  annotations,  with  reference  to  the  authorized  book, 
thinking  that  they  might  be  of  interest  to  many  who  will  use  the  Hymnal, 
and  perhaps  of  a  little  service  in  considering  the  merits  of  a  collection 
which  is,  in  a  sense,  but  tentative. 

I  had  been  engaged  in  making  these  annotations  a  few  months  when  I 
received  (in  the  winter  of  1870)  a  copy  of  Bickersteth's  "  IIyr?inal  Com- 
panion to  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer"  and  I  was  gratified  that  the 
principle  which  I  had  adopted,  had  been  acted  upon  by  the  accomplished 
hymnologist  and  poet  whose  compilation,  it  seems  to  me,  is  not  excelled 
by  any  in  use  in  the  Church  of  England. 

In  another  place,  I  give  a  list  of  most  of  the  works  consulted  in  the 
preparation  of  this  volume.  And  here  I  must  be  permitted  the  privilege 
of  making  my  most  sincere  acknowledgments  to  the  Rev.  F.  M.  Bird,  of 
Spotswood,  N,  J.,  for  the  constant  assistance  he  has  given  me  in  these 
annotations.  Of  that  gentleman's  gifts  in  hymnology,  the  beautiful  and 
exhaustive  volume  entitled  " Sotigs  of  the  Spirit"  recently  published,  is 
ample  evidence.  Those  who  are  acquainted  with  his  hymnologic  attain- 
ments will  justify  me  in  applying  to  him  a  remark  he  has  made  concerning 
another,  viz. :  "  His  large  collection  of  hymn-books,  and  his  marvellous 
acquaintance  with  hymnology,  render  him  the  indispensable  helper  of  all 
hymn  collectors  who  would  have  their  work  well  done." 
,  With  these  prefatory  explanations,  I  beg  to  call  the  reader's  attention 
to  the  following  remarks  on  "  Hymnody,"  by  Sir  Roundell  Palmer,  at  the 
Church  Congress  at  York,  1866;  and  the  no  less  valuable  remarks  of 
Earl  Nelson,  at  the  Church  Congress  at  Nottingham,  in  1871. 

From  the  Paper  of  Sir  Roundell  Palmer. 

The  object  of  hymnody,  although  its  use  is  variable  and  discretionary, 
is,  of  course,  not  merely  to  afford  relief  during  the  pauses  of  a  more  seri- 
ous duty :  it  is  in  itself,  when  rightly  understood  and  applied,  an  act  of 
worship  of  the  highest,  heartiest,  and  most  intelligent  kind.  "  I  confess," 
said  Richard  Baxter,  "  that  harmony  and  melody  are  the  pleasure  and 
elevation  of  my  soul,  and  have  made  a  psalm  of  praise  in  the  holy  assem- 


Drcfctcc.  V 

bly  the  chief  delightful  exercise  of  my  religion  and  my  life,  and  hath 
helped  to  bear  down  all  the  objections  which  I  have  heard  against  church 
music."  To  give  it  this  character,  the  choice  of  hymns  ought  to  be  made 
upon  the  principle  that  their  mafter  and  words  are  of  cardinal  import- 
ance ;  the  music  being  accessory  to  the  sense,  and  chosen  with  a  view  to 
give  it  hvely  and  harmonious  expression.  When  "praises"  are  "sung 
with  understanding,"  it  is  not  only  a  fit  utterance  of  the  higher  spiritual 
emotions  to  "  a  mind  in  tune,"  with  the  "  powers  in  vigorous  exercise," 
the  "  thoughts  bright  and  intense,"  and  "  the  whole  soul  awake  "  (words 
which  I  have  adopted  from  Simon  Browne) ; — it  is  not  only  a  powerful 
instrument  for  the  education,  direction,  and  development  of  those  emo- 
tions, in  a  mind  less  active  and  mature ;  but  it  is  very  often  a  key  by 
which  the  inner  meaning  and  spiritual  application  of  Scripture  and  of  its 
language  and  imagery  is  opened  and  made  practical  to  simple  people,  far 
better  than  by  expositions  or  commentaries.  The  opinion,  which  once 
prevailed,  that  nothing  but  psalms  taken  directly  from  Scripture  ought  to 
be  sung  in  the  congregation,  was  narrow  and  groundless ;  but  the  sub- 
stance of  Scripture,  assimilated  and  made  part  of  the  spiritual  life,  has 
always  supplied  the  principal  matter  for  the  best  hymns :  and  this  may 
explain  why  excellent  hpnns  have  been  written  by  persons  who  have  given 
no  proofs  of  skill  in  any  other  kind  of  poetry.  Religious  enthusiasm,  fed 
by  the  poetry  of  inspiration,  grows  like  that  which  it  lives  upon,  and 
reflects  the  warmth  and  light  which  it  could  not  have  originated. 

If  a  hymn  ought  to  be  the  expression  of  lively  apprehensions  of  spir- 
itual things,  and  of  genuine  religious  emotions  and  aspirations,  in  the 
mouth  of  the  worshipper,  it  is  evident  that  it  must  have  come,  with  these 
characters,  fresh  from  the  heart  and  mind  of  the  person  who  wrote  it. 
To  be  "  recited  with  rapture  "  (I  again  use  the  words  of  Simon  Browne), 
ought  it  to  be  "  written  under  a  kind  of  inspiration."  Whatever  detracts 
from  this,  mars  its  effect.  And,  for  this  reason,  it  ought  not  to  be  vulgar, 
prosaic,  or  didactic ;  it  should  be  high  in  tone,  simple  and  pure  in  taste 
and  feeling,  and  not  without  some  touch  of  the  fire  and  energy  of  poetry. 
From  these  premises  I  draw  certain  conclusions. 

*My  first  conclusion  is  that  a  healthy  natural  taste  is  more  to  be  trusted 
in  the  composition  and  selection  of  hymns  than  technical  rules,  supposed 
to  be  derived  from  antiquity,  or  from  the  criticism  of  the  works  of  other 
ages.  The  ancient  hymn-writers  did  not,  in  fact,  work  by  such  rules: 
their  manner  was  natural,  and  suitable  to  their  time:  but  it  does  not 
follow  that  it  should  be  a  law  to  ours.     A  passage  is  sometimes  quoted 


vi  33reface. 

from  S.  Augustine,  in  which  he  speaks  of  a  hymn  as  a  "  song  of  praise  to 
God ; "  and  this  definition  has  been  offered  as  one  of  the  tests  by  which 
all  hymns  ought  to  be  approved  or  rejected.  But  what  can  be  the  value 
of  a  definition  which  would  exclude  every  hymn  of  which  the  spirit  is 
supplication  rather  than  praise?  I  know  not  whether  this  rule  is  sup- 
posed to  require  that  a  hymn  should  assume  the  form  of  a  direct  invoca- 
tion or  address  to  God ;  yet  I  am  at  a  loss  to  understand  on  what  other 
ground  Addison's  hymn,  "  The  spacious /innament  on  high,"  can  have  been 
thought  to  offend  against  it,  by  a  learned  writer  in  the  Quarterly  Review 
of  January,  1862  ;  who  adds,  "  if  it  is  poetry,  it  is  certainly  not  song  ;  yet 
has  been  brought,  by  old  associations,  into  many  hymn-books."  For  my 
own  part  I  fervently  hope  that  it  may  always  remain  there.  Praise  to 
God  as  glorified  in  His  works,  is  the  substance  and  essence  of  every  part 
of  that  hymn,  as  it  is  of  the  beautiful  verses  of  the  19th  Psalm  on  which  it  is 
founded.  If  it  be  not  poetry,  I  do  not  know  what  is  ;  and  to  prove  that 
it  is  song  (and  soul  stirring  song  too)  it  is  only  necessary  to  hear  it  (as  I 
often  have)  heartily  sung  to  an  appropriate  tune. 

Another  arbitrary  rule  (also  advocated  by  considerable  authority) 
condemns  the  use,  in  hymns,  of  the  singular  pronouns  "/"  and  "my," 
instead  of  the  plural  "we"  and  "our,"  as  "inconsistent  with  the  united 
song  of  a  congregation  looking  "God-ward,"  and  opposed  to  the  spirit  of 
the  early  Churoh.  Such  a  point  ought  to  be  determined  by  reason,  not 
authority :  and  I  cannot  find  for  it  any  good  reason.  Private  meditations, 
which  express  the  circumstances,  experiences,  or  emotions  of  particular 
persons,  in  a  way  distinctively  applicable  to  those  individuals,  are  (of 
course)  not  appropriate  for  public  use.  But,  if  an  act  of  praise  or  worship, 
suitable  for  the  participation  of  Christians  in  general,  takes  form  naturally 
as  the  song  of  an  individual  soul  "looking  God- ward,"  its  simultaneous 
adoption  and  application  to  himself  by  every  member  of  a  congregation 
makes  it  as  much  "the  united  song  of  the  congregation"  as  if  it  were 
conceived  in  the  plural.  A  congregation  is  the  aggregate  of  a  number  of 
individuals:  it  cannot  "look  God-ward,"  except  through  those  individuals. 
The  essence  of  public  Christian  worship  consists  in  the  combination  of 
the  separate  devotion  of  each  particular  person  present,  with  the  sense  of 
Christian  brotherhood,  binding  them  all  together.  The  Quarterly 
Reviewer,  for  reasons  not  satisfactory  to  my  mind,  thinks  the  incorpora- 
tion of  the  Psalms  of  David,  and  other  Scripture-songs,  (which  generally 
run  in  the  first  person  singular,)  into  both  Jewish  and  Christian  worship, 
irrelevant  to  this  question.     But  the  first  person  singular  is  also  used  in 


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the  Apostolic  and  Nicene  Creeds ;  which,  in  the  pubHc  services  of  the 
Church,  are  hymns  of  the  most  solemn  kind,  and  embody  the  common 
profession  of  faith  of  the  whole  congregation ;  and  the  Te  Deu7?i,  although 
expressed  (down  to  the  last  verse)  in  the  plural,  ends  with  a  petition  in  the 
singular  number.  This  rule  (like  the  former)  tends  to  proscribe  most 
supplicatory  hymns.  Such  hymns  as  "Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me;" 
"  When  I  survey  the  wondrous  Cross  ;  "  "  "^esu,  Lover  of  my  soul ;  "  "  My 
God,  my  Father,  while  I  stray;"  ^^ Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee;"  '■^ Abide 
with  tne,  fast  falls  the  eventide ; "  Ken's  morning  and  evening  hymns ; 
and  Keble's  "  Sun  of  my  soul.  Thou  Saviour  dear"  are  proved,  by  the 
common  assent  of  most  of  our  churches,  to  be  fit  for  united  song  by  the 
congregation ;  yet  the  singular  form  is  as  proper  and  necessary  in  them  as 
the  plural  can  possibly  be  in  others.  Even  with  respect  to  antiquity,  a 
canon  which  would  condemn  the  "Dies  Irae"  does  not  seem  to  me  to  be 
entitled  to  very  profound  veneration. 

My  next  conclusion  is,  that  good  native  English  hymns  are,  generally 
speaking,  to  be  preferred  to  translations  properly  so-called.  It  is  the 
peculiar  defect  of  metrical  translation  that  it  cannot  give  the  natural  man- 
ner, or  the  real  mind,  either  of  the  author  or  of  the  translator.  It  is  a 
curious  exercise  of  art,  not  a  spontaneous  production.  It  moves  in  fetters : 
it  is  compelled  to  find  substitutes  (for  want  of  precise  equivalents  in  dif- 
ferent languages)  for  the  finer  touches,  which  give  colour  and  character  to 
the  original.  Under  the  exigences  of  verse  and  rhyme,  it  is  alternately 
diluted  with  expletives,  and  starved  by  arbitrary  compression.  It  aims  at 
being  a  copy,  under  conditions  which  make  complete  success  impossible. 

These  observations  apply,  with  especial  force,  to  metrical  versions  of 
the  Psalms ;  which  are,  perhaps,  of  all  compositions,  the  most  unfit  for 
such  treatment.  No  one  can  read  the  prose  translations  of  the  Psalms  in 
our  Bibles  and  Prayer  Books,  without  feeling  their  extreme  power  and 
beauty ;  no  one  can  pass  from  them  to  the  "  Old  "  or  "  New  "  Version,  or 
to  any  other  of  the  numerous  similar  attempts,  without  perceiving  that 
(with  very  rare  exceptions)  the  power  and  beauty  are  gone ;  that  the  water- 
springs  have  dried  up,  and  the  fruitful  land  has  become  barren.  Not  only 
the  authors  of  the  "  Old  "  and  "  New  "  and  Scotch  Versions,  but  Sir  Philip 
Sidney  and  his  sister  the  Countess  of  Pembroke,  Milton  in  his  boyhood, 
Wither,  Sandys,  Sir  John  Denham,  John  Keble,  and  many  more,  have 
tried  what  could  be  done,  upon  the  principle  of  a  strict  and  full  adherence 
to  the  Hebrew  sense.  It  is  not  too  much  to  say,  that  all  of  them  have 
failed.     From  the  collective  results  of  their  labours  it  would  be  difficult  to 


viii  39tcface. 

extract  more  than  about  fifteen  or  twenty  Psalms,  or  portions  of  Psalms, 
really  good  and  suitable  for  singing  in  our  public  services ;  and  few  of 
these  are  of  any  high  order  of  merit.  On  the  other  hand,  those  writers 
who,  without  professing  to  translate,  founded  hymns  of  their  own  upon 
passages  or  thoughts  which  they  felt  to  be  suitable  for  the  purpose,  either 
in  the  Psalms  or  in  other  parts  of  Scripture,  (as  Addison,  Watts,  Dod- 
dridge, Lyte,  and  James  Montgomery,)  have  contributed  to  English  hym- 
nody  many  of  its  richest  treasures.  To  reckon  works  of  this  class  among 
"psalms,"  as  distinguished  from  "hymns,"  (as  has  been  done  in  many 
books,)  is  a  manifest  error ;  but,  when  they  are  subtracted,  little  remains 
for  the  sake  of  which  it  can  be  worth  while  to  continue  that  distinction. 

My  third  deduction  from  the  same  principles  is,  that  hymns  (or  those 
parts  of  them  which  are  adopted  into  our  Hymnals)  ought  to  be  taken  as 
they  are  written,  with  the  strictest  possible  adherence  to  the  words  of 
their  authors.  It  signifies  little  if  we  meet,  here  and  there,  with  a  defect- 
ive rhyme,  or  a  phrase  open  to  criticism  :  but  it  is  vitally  important  that 
there  should  be  no  interference  with  the  life,  consistency,  and  reality  of 
the  composition,  as  the  true  expression  of  what  the  writer  actually  felt 
when  "the  fire"  was  "kindled"  within  him.  It  is  not  the  injustice  done 
to  the  writer  upon  which  I  would  mainly  dwell ;  although,  on  that  point, 
the  complaint  of  James  Montgomery  ought  to  be  heard.  "If  good 
people,"  he  says,  "  cannot  conscientiously  adopt  the  writer's  diction  and 
doctrine,  it  is  a  little  questionable  in  them  to  impose  upon  him  theirs, 
which  he  may  as  honestly  hesitate  to  receive.  Yet  this  is  the  cross  by 
which  every  author  of  a  hymn,  who  hopes  to  be  useful  to  his  generation, 
may  expect  to  be  tested,  at  the  pleasure  of  any  Christian  brother,  however 
incompetent  or  little  qualified  to  amend  what  he  may  deem  amiss,  in  one 
of  the  most  delicate  and  difficult  exercises  of  a  tender  heart  and  an 
enlightened  understanding."  My  complaint,  in  the  general  interest  of 
British  hymnody,  is,  that  the  tendency,  and  the  practical  effect,  of  this 
system  of  tampering  with  the  text,  is  not  really  to  amend,  but  is  to  patch, 
disfigure,  spoil,  and  emasculate ;  and,  even  when  nothing  worse  is  done,  to 
substitute  neutral  tints  for  natural  colouring,  and  a  dead  for  a  living  sense. 
A  real  poet,  if  he  were  to  suffer  himself  to  change  a  word  or  a  line  in  the 
works  of  other  men  whenever  he  thought  they  were  capable  of  improve- 
ment, would  be  much  more  likely  to  deface  what  he  meddled  with,  than 
to  produce  anything  worthy  of  himself.  Much  more  those  who  have  not 
the  gift  of  poetry.  The  old  story  of  the  painter  who,  believing  his  work 
to  be  perfect,  invited  every  bystander  to  paint  over  what  he  did  not  like, 


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is  realized  in  these  cases ;  there  is  no  part  of  the  composition  which  one 
man  or  another  does  not  find  fault  with  and  change ;  the  only  difference 
is,  that  it  is  done  without  invitation.  There  are  hardly  any  conditions  of 
mind  more  opposed  to  each  other,  than  the  spirit  of  minute  criticism  and 
that  of  poetical  enthusiasm ;  and  when  a  work,  composed  under  the 
poetical  impulse,  is  altered  by  a  stranger  in  the  critical  mood,  it  cannot  be 
wondered  at  if  the  result  described  by  Ovid  follows : — 

"  Frigida  pugnabant  calidis,  humentia  slccis, 
Mollia  cum  duris,  sine  pondere  habentia  pondus." 

There  is  a  medley  of  hot  and  cold,  moist  and  dry,  soft  and  hard,  weighty 
matter  and  matter  without  weight. 

What  has  been  said  of  alteration  leads  naturally  to  abbreviation ;  which, 
indeed,  is  in  many  cases  advantageous,  and  in  not  a  few  unavoidable. 
But,  if  it  is  worth  while  to  sing  hymns  at  all,  it  is  worth  while  to  allow  as 
much  time  for  singing  as  will  make  it  complete,  hearty,  and  intelligent ; 
and  an  abridgement  or  selection  of  parts,  when  proper,  ought  to  be  so 
made  as  to  omit  nothing  which  is  requisite  to  unity,  symmetry,  and  com- 
pleteness, both  of  structure  and  of  sense.  The  part  taken  should  be  a 
perfect  hymn  in  itself;  the  parts  omitted  ought  to  be  separable,  so  as  to 
leave  behind,  when  they  are  removed,  no  chasm,  no  sign  of  mutilation,  no 
abrupt  unsatisfactory  end.  Yet  there  are  some  hymn-books  in  which 
these  principles  are  entirely  lost  sight  of:  books  which  seem  to  have  been 
manufactured  with  the  scissors,  without  much  aid  from  the  mind ;  as  if  it 
were  as  easy  a  thing  to  measure  and  cut  off  two  or  three  inches  from  a 
hymn  as  from  a  yard  of  calico  or  broad-cloth.  It  is  surely  better  to 
abstain  altogether  from  compositions,  which  may  be  thought  to  exceed  the 
desirable  length,  than  to  use  them  in  this  way. 

If  doctrinal  or  theological  reasons  are  pleaded  for  the  system  of  alter- 
ation and  curtailment  against  which  I  contend,  my  answer  is — By  all 
means  let  any  hymn  be  rejected  which  is  really  open  to  a  well  founded 
doctrinal  objection ;  but  do  not  make  a  compromise  by  patching  in  such 
cases ;  do  not  endeavor  to  exorcise  the  heresy  by  spoiling  the  hymn  ;  and, 
in  the  first  instance,  do  not  examine  into  its  orthodoxy  in  a  narrow  suspi- 
cious temper,  so  as  to  conjure  up  doctrinal  errors  where  there  really  are 
none.  The  office  of  a  hymn  is  not  to  teach  controversial  theology,  but  to 
give  the  voice  of  song  to  practical  religion.  No  doubt,  to  do  this,  it  must 
embody  sound  doctrine  ;  but  it  ought  to  do  so,  not  after  the  manner  of  the 
schools,  but  with  the  breadth,  freedom,  and  simplicity  of  the  Fountain- 


head.  Whatever  does  this  ought  to  be  frankly  and  cordially  accepted, 
without  regard  to  any  peculiarities  of  the  sect  or  party  to  which  the 
author  may  have  belonged.  Sound  and  good  words  need  not  be  taken  in 
a  crooked  sense,  because  the  writer  may  have  professed  or  may  have 
controversially  denied  this  or  that  dogma.  Scripture  is  large  and  compre- 
hensive, presenting  both  the  poles  and  the  whole  circumference  of  truth; 
and  it  is  following  in  the  track  of  error  to  see  truth  on  one  side  only,  and 
to  disparage  one  aspect  of  it  because  those  who  rejoice  in  that  may  be 
insensible  to  another. 

If  the  objection  be,  not  that  the  theology  of  a  hymn  is  unsound,  but 
that  its  tone  or  language  is  irreverent  or  too  familiar,  I  admit  this  also 
(supposing  the  criticism  to  be  well  founded,  as  it  sometimes  is)  to  be  a 
good  reason,  not  for  the  alteration,  but  for  the  rejection  of  the  hymn. 
But  here,  too,  there  is  great  need  of  sound  discrimination.  Coldness  is 
not  reverence ;  nor  is  all  warmth  of  expression  undue  familiarity.  If  that 
love  which  is  the  highest  attainment,  towards  which  the  mind  of  every 
Christian  ought  to  be  directed,  is  a  real  lively  affection  of  the  heart,  and 
not  an  abstract  principle,  then  the  emotions  and  the  language  proper  to 
that  affection  cannot  be  banished  from  our  hymns,  merely  because  the 
English  tongue  uses  one  term  to  express  the  two  ideas,  which  the  Greeks 
distinguished  by  their  words  "aya.'KTj"  and  "epuc,"  or  because  other  words 
may  have  a  similar  double  use.  Men  certainly  not  irreverent,  (as  George 
Herbert  and  Bishop  Ken,)  habitually  used  such  language,  with  a  warmth 
and  freedom  far  exceeding  what  would  be  suitable  for  general  adoption ; 
and  I  remember  a  criticism  even  of  the  Christian  Year,  in  which  excep- 
tion was  taken,  on  this  ground,  to  some  passages  in  that  work  of  one  of 
the  most  reverent  among  men.  Charles  Wesley's  hymn,  "  yesu,  Lover 
of  my  sotil,"  has  been  blamed  on  this  account :  if  justly,  I  do  not  see  why 
like  blame  should  not  attach  to  the  Latin  hymn,  "  Jesti  dulcedo  cordium" 
and  to  several  others.  Of  which  I  would  say,  that,  where  (as  in  these 
cases)  the  ideas  and  imagery  are  all  suggested  by  those  Scriptures  which 
are  continually  read  in  our  churches,  while  the  context,  and  the  whole 
tone  and  spirit  of  the  composition,  utterly  repel  eveiy  low  and  irreverent 
thought,  it  does  seem  to  me  to  be  a  very  unhealthy  criticism,  which  would 
call  up  earthly  associations,  in  order  to  found  upon  them  censure,  not 
otherwise  deserved. 

What  has  been  said  requires  two,  and  (so  far  as  I  am  aware)  only  two 
qualifications.  First,  there  may  be  cases  in  which  part  of  a  composition, 
well  suited  for  use  as  a  hymn,  requires  some  change  in  the  commence- 


^rtfutt,  xi 

ment,  or  in  words  of  connection  or  reference,  to  sever  it  from  its 
context ;  or  in  which  some  antiquated  form  of  expression,  or  some  word, 
no  longer  popularly  understood  in  the  sense  intended  by  the  author,  might 
(if  allowed  to  remain)  have  a  disturbing  effect,  or  might  suggest  incongruous 
associations.  I  do  not  say  that  alteration  in  such  cases  may  not  be  justi- 
fied :  but,  if  so,  it  should  be  limited  by  the  necessity  which  justifies  it, 
and  should  be  tolerated  only,  as  the  less  of  two  evils ;  like  the  restoration 
of  a  broken  statue,  or  a  damaged  picture.  Madan  was  not  blameable 
for  altering  the  word  "welkin"  in  the  first  line  of  Charles  Wesley's 
Christmas  Hymn — 

Hark  !  how  all  the  welkin  rings 
Glory  to  the  King  of  Kings  ! 

But  he  went  beyond  the  necessity  of  the  case,  in  the  well-known  couplet 
which  he  substituted — 

Hark  !  the  herald  angels  sing, 
Glory  to  the  new-born  King  ! 

And,  in  so  doing,  he  departed  from  the  substance  of  the  angelic  song,  to 
which  Wesley  had  adhered.  Still  less  was  he  warranted  in  proceeding  to 
change  the  fine  lines  at  the  end  of  the  stanza — 

Universal  Nature  say, 

Christ  the  Lord  is  born  to-day  ! 

•      » 
into  the  very  inferior  couplet — 

With  th'  angelic  host  proclaim, 
Christ  is  born  in  Bethlehem  ! 

Secondly,  there  is  a  difference  between  patchwork  alterations,  and  a 
hymn  by  one  writer,  founded  upon  the  earlier  work  of  another,  from 
which  he  has  drawn  his  materials,  but  has  recast  them,  as  by  a  new  and 
original  effort.  In  these  cases  success  is  possible,  though  not  easy,  if  the 
later  writer  has  himself  attained  to  a  real  enthusiasm,  so  as  to  make  the 
work  his  own,  and  lose  the  copyist  in  the  poet.  Of  such  success  our 
hymnody  supplies  several  examples:  perhaps  the  best  is  Cameron's 
beautiful  hymn,  in  the  Scotch  paraphrases,  ''How  bright  these  glorious 
spirits  shine  !  "  which  is  derived  from  one  by  Watts. 

Some  idea  of  the  multitude  of  hymns  extant  in  our  language  may  per- 
haps be  formed,  when  it  is  stated,  that  the  compositions  published  under 
that  designation  (or  as  Psalms  not  translated)  by  eight  authors  only, 
(Watts,  Simon  Browne,  Doddridge,  Charles  Wesley,  Newton,  Beddome, 


xii  3&vefditt^ 

Kelly,  and  James  Montgomery,)  number  about  6,500:  and  that  in  i86i 
Mr.  Sedg\vick  (to  whom  all  English  hymnologists  are  under  great  obliga- 
tions) published  a  catalogue  of  618  authors  of  original  English  hymns, 
(72  of  them  also  translators,)  besides  53  who  were  translators  only. 

J^rom  the  Paper  of  Earl  Nelson. 

Let  me  bring  before  you  the  essential  marks  of  a  hymn  worthy  of  a 
place  in  such  an  authorised  hymnal. 

1.  It  must  be  full  of  Scripture. 

2.  Full  of  individual  life  and  reality. 

3.  It  must  have  the  acceptance  of  the  use  of  the  Church. 

4.  It  must  be  as  pure  in  its  English,  in  its  rhyme  and  rhythm,  as  the 
Prayer  Book  itself. 

In  considering  these  tests,  it  will  be  well  to  bear  in  mind  what  a  hymn 
really  is. 

Every  hymn,  to  be  worthy  of  the  name,  must  be  in  a  certain  sense  in- 
spired ;  that  is  to  say,  it  must  proceed  from  an  earnest  communing  with 
God ;  either  from  devout  contemplation  of  Him,  and  meditation  upon  His 
written  Word ;  or  it  must  come  from  a  life  of  earnest  self-denying  labours 
for  his  sake ;  or  from  a  time  of  hearty  prayer  and  earnest  wrestling  with 
sin ;  or  from  a  time  of  deep  thankfulness  for  mercies  received ;  or  out  of 
a  time  of  severe  bodily  or  mental  trial — each  and  all  drawing  a  man  into 
deeper  communion  with  his  God.  It  is  for  want  of  this  that  so  many 
hymns  fail  to  come  up,  even  in  the  common  judgment  of  men,  to  be  worthy 
of  the  name ;  for  want  of  this  so  many  who  have  written  good  hymns 
have  also  written  so  many  bad  and  inferior  ones ;  for  want  of  this  it  is 
that  hymns  written  to  supply  a  Sunday  or  special  occasion,  in  some  fresh 
hymn-book  of  the  day,  are  generally  such  complete  failures. 

It  is  remarked  of  Theophanes,  among  the  Greek  hymn-writers,  that 
"  in  his  writings  we  first  see  the  bane  and  ruin  of  later  Greek  writers — the 
composition  of  hymns  not  from  the  spontaneous  effusion  of  the  heart,  but 
because  they  are  wanted  to  fill  up  a  gap  in  the  Office-book."  And  again 
of  another:  "Very  pretty  verses,  but  not  of  the  stuff  of  which  the  ordinary 
hymns  of  the  Church  are  made.  They  may  commend  themselves  to  men 
of  taste,  but  to  be  the  heart-utterance  of  nature,  to  go  with  the  multitude 
and  give  them  voice  in  the  house  of  God,  never ! " 

A  hymn  coming  from  a  deep  communing  with  God,  and  from  the  special 
experience  of  the  human  heart,  at  once  fulfils,  and  can  only  thus  fulfil,  the 
four  tests  I  have  ventured  to  lay  down. 


33rcfacr.  xiii 

It  may  be  objected  that  bad  rhymes  and  inferior  diction  may  be  found  in 
inspired  hymns.  To  this  I  would  answer  Yes,  and  No.  The  bad  rhymes 
to  our  ears  can  be  quoted  without  number  in  hymns  avowedly  coming  up 
to  my  other  tests ;  but  they  were  not  bad  rhymes  to  the  writer,  and  only 
show  the  old  pronunciation,  and  what  is  now  considered  bad  taste  was 
not  so  considered  when  the  hymn  was  written.  The  very  earnestness 
of  a  real  heart-utterance  from  direct  communion  with  God  would  bring 
with  it  reverence  enough  to  avoid  carelessness  in  the  composition  or  in  the 
rhyme.  For  these  reasons,  with  great  care,  and  in  very  special  cases, 
everi  as  J.  Wesley  himself  carefully  altered  some  of  George  Herbert's 
hymns  to  give  them  a  more  uniform  metre,  some  alterations  might  be 
allowed.  In  C.  Wesley's  original,  "  Lo,  He  comes,  with  clouds  descend- 
ing," the  refrain  of  the  last  verse,  "  Jah,  Jehovah  !  everlasting  God,  come 
down,"  would  now  seem  almost  profane,  and  could  well  and  wisely  be 
changed  after  the  refrain  of  the  first  verse.  So  in  the  well-known  Christ- 
mas Hymn,  "  Join  and  thine,"  once  good  rhymes,  are  bad  now,  and  might 
perhaps  be  altered  But  let  me  not  be  misunderstood.  I  have  been  en- 
tirely converted  from  my  first  errors,  and  now  hold  that  all  abbreviations 
and  alterations  are,  as  a  general  rule,  to  be  carefully  avoided. 

Now  for  a  word  on  translations. 

Of  course  a  great  number  of  the  ancient  Greek  and  Latin  hymns  would 
come  before  us  complying  with  all  the  tests — full  of  Scripture,  full  of  indi- 
viduality, full  of  the  consent  of  the  Church.  The  diction  and  rhyme  is  a 
matter  for  the  translators ;  and  though  we  have  such  good  translators  that 
there  is  no  fear  of  a  failure,  as  in  Cranmer's  day,  I  do  think  we  are  bound 
to  make  the  best  translation  better  still,  by  more  truly,  where  necessary, 
bringing  out  the  meaning  of  the  original,  and  by  bringing  it  out  in  the 
best  possible  English.  Not  Uterally  rendering  each  Latin  word,  but  trying 
to  master  the  thoughts  of  the  author,  and  rendering  them  as  he  would 
have  done  had  he  written  them  in  our  own  English  tongue.  None  felt  the 
necessity  of  this  more  than  John  Mason  Neale,  who  always  begged  us  fear- 
lessly to  alter  what  he  had  translated.  It  is  wonderful  how  many  ancient 
hymns  have  been  made,  in  the  translation,  to  bear  a  doctrinal  sense  accord- 
ing to  the  wish  of  the  translator,  not  to  be  found,  or  certainly  not  neces- 
sarily requiring  such  a  rendering,  in  carrying  out  the  original  meaning. 

But  to  proceed.  I  have  no  hesitation  in  saying  that  a  good  hymn-book, 
worthy  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer,  could  at  the  present  time  be 
compiled  from  the  Greek  and  Latin  hymns,  which  have  long  won  the  con- 
sensus of  the  whole  Church ;  and,  from  the  position  they  have  already  won 
in  our  own  congregations,  that  many  German  hymns  may  be  added ;  with 


LIST   OF   HYMNALS   COLLATED   IN   THE 
ANNOTATIONS. 


I.  "Selections  from  the  Psalms  of  David  in  metre ; 
with  Hymns  suited  to  the  Feasts  and  Fasts 
of  the  Chrirch,  and  other  occasions  of  Public 
Worship"  (1832).  This  Hymnal,  appended 
to  the  Prayer  Book  of  the  American  Church, 

contains  124  psalms  and  212  hymns Pr.  Bk. 

II.  "Psalms  and  Hynnns;"  edited  by  the  Rev.  W.  J. 
Hall  (1836);  frequently  called  "The  Mitre 
Hy})in  Book''  It  contains  181  psalms  and 
220  hymns Hall. 

III.  "Psalms  and  Hymns;"  edited  by  the  Rev.  Charles 

Kemble,  M.  A.  (1853).    It  contains  244  psalms 

and  624  hymns Kemble. 

IV.  "The  Church  Psalter  and  Hymn  Book;"  edited 

by  the  Rev.  William  Mercer,  M.  A.  {Oxford 
Editiott,  revised  {i?)t'i).   It  contains  511  hymns.  Mercer. 
V.     "/"j-a/wj  aM(/-^'w«jy"  published  under  the  direc-  . 
tion  of  the  Society  for  Promoting  Christian 
Knowledge  [Enlarged  Edition,  x'ib'S).  It  con- 
tains 107  psalms  and  490  hymns S.  P.  C.  K. 

VI.  "  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  the  Church,  School  and 
Home;"  edited  by  the  Rev.  D.  T.  Barry, 
B.  A.    {Seventh  Edition,  1867).      It  contains 

113  psalms  and  355  hymns Barry. 

VII.     "Church  Hymnal"  (1871).    In  general  use  in  the 

Church  of  Ireland.     It  contains  280  hymns. .   Irish. 
VIII.     "The  Sarum  Hymnal;"    edited  by   Earl  Nelson 

and  others  (1868).     It  contains  320  h}'mns. . .   Sarum. 

IX.  "  The  Anglican  Hymn  Book;"  edited  by  the  Rev. 
Corbett  Singleton,  M.A.  {Enlarged  Edition, 
1 871).     It  contains  404  hymns Singleton. 


'^xtititt. 


xvu 


Reference  W»rd 
Letter. 


X.     " Hymns  Ancient  atid Modern ;"    edited    by   the 
Rev.    Sir   H.  W.    Baker    and   others    (1861, 
Appendix,  1868).     It  contains  3S6  hymns. ...  A.  and  M. 
XI.     "The  Peoples  Hymnal  (reissued  1868);  published 

by  J.  Masters.     It  contains  600  hymns People's. 

XII.  "  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  Worship  "  (1870)  ; 
edited  by  the   Rev.  H.  V.  Elliott,  M.  A.     It 

contains  104  psalms  and  409  hymns Elliott. 

XIII.  "The  Year  0/ Praise"  {iS6-j) ;  edited  by  the  Very 
Rev.    Henry  Alford,  D.  D.     It  contains  326 

hjTnns Alford. 

XrV.  "The  Church  Hymnal"  (1S67);  published  by  Bell 
and  Daldy.     It  contains  51  psalms  and  238 

hymns Church. 

XV.  "Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  Worship — for 
Parish  Churches  in  Islington"  (1862).  It  con- 
tains 143  psalms  and  248  hymns Islington. 

XVI.  "Psalms  and  HyfJins  for  Public  Worship :"  se- 
lected for  some  of  the  churches  in  Marylebone, 
chiefly  under  the  auspices  of  the  Rev.  J.  H. 

Gumey.     It  contains  300  hymns Marylebone. 

XVII.  "The  Church  and  Home  Metrical  Psalter  and 
Hymnal;"  edited  by  the  Rev.  William  Win- 
die,  M.  A.     It  contains  150  psalms  and  445 

hymns Windle. 

XVIII.    "Tlie  Canterbury  Hymnal;"   edited  by  the  Rev. 

R.  H.  Bayne,  M.  A.  It  contains  285  hymns  .  Canterbury. 
XIX.  "The  Congregational  Hymn  ajid  Tune  Book;" 
edited  by  the  Rev.  R.  R.  Chope,  M.  A.  {En- 
larged Edition,  x'it'i).  It  contains  300  hymns .  Chope. 
XX.  "Psalms  and  Hymns;"  edited  by  the  Rt.  Rev. 
Thomas  B.  Morrell,  D.  D.,  and  the  Rev. 
William  Walsham  How,  M.  A.  {Enlarged 
Editioti).      It   contains   26    psalms    and   210 

hymns Morrell  and  How. 

XXI.     "The  Hymnal  Noted,"    with   the   Appendix.     It 

contains  357  hymns H)Tnnal  Noted. 

2 


xviii  preface. 


Reference  Word  or 
Letter. 


XXII.  "  The  Hymnal  Cotnpanion  to  the  Book  of  Common 
Prayer ;"  edited  by  the  Rev.  E.  H.  Bicker- 
steth,  M.  A.  (1870).     It  contains  400  hymns. .   Bickersteth. 

XXIII.  "The  Hymnary;  a  Book  of  Church  Song  ;"  edited 
by  the  Rev.  William  Cooke,  M.  A.,  and  the 
Rev.  Benjamin  Webb,  M.  A.  (1871).  It  con- 
tains 630  hymng Hymnary. 

XXrV.*  "The  Book  of  Praise;''   edited  by  Sir  Roundel! 

Palmer.     It  contains  447  hymns Palmer. 

XXV.*  "Lyra  Britannica ;"   edited  by  the  Rev.  Charles 

Rogers,  LL.  D.      It  contains  660  hymns  ....  Rogers. 

*  Nos.  XXIV  and  XXV  can  hardly  be  regarded  as  Hymnals  for  Church  use,  but 
are  invaluable  for  reference  concerning  the  text. 


In  addition  to  the  foregoing,  all  of  which  are  Church  works,  several 
collections,  which  may  be  regarded  as  representative  Hymnals  of  the 
respective  religious  bodies  using  them,  have  been  consulted.  It  may  thus 
be  seen  which  of  the  hymns  in  this  collection  are  adopted  by  other  Com- 
munions. 

I.  "Songs  of  the  Sanctuary"  (New  York,  1870). 
This  collection  contains  1342  hymns,  and  is 
largely  used  in  the  Presbyterian  Communion . .  Presb. 
II.  "The  Sabbath  Hymn  and  Tune  Book"  {i8S9)-  It 
is  used  by  the  Congregationalists  and  contains 
I190  hymns Cong. 

III.  "Hymns  for  the  tise  of  the  Methodist  Episcopal 

Church"  (1849).  This  is  the  only  authorized 
collection  among  the  Methodists,  and  contains 
1148  hymns Meth. 

IV.  "The  Baptist  Hymn  and  Tune  Book;"  being  the 

" Plytnotith  Collection"  enlarged,  and  adapted 
to  the  use  of  Baptist  Churches.     It  contains 

1518  hymns Bapt. 

V.  "Hymns  of  the  Church."  The  Hymnal  in  use  in 
the  Dutch  Reformed  Communion.  It  contains 
1007  hymns Ref.  Ch. 


33reface.  xix 

Besides  the  Hymnals  collated,  many  books  and  reviews  bearing  upon 
the  subject  of  Hymnody,  have  been  consulted.  The  most  important  of 
these  are  the  following: — 

"  Singers  and  Songs  of  the  Church;"  by  Josiah  Miller,  M.  A.  (London, 
(1869). 

"Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  with  Annotations,  Originals  and  Refer- 
etuesj"  by  the  Rev.  Louis  Coutier  Biggs,  M.  A.  (1867). 

"Christ  in  Song;"  by  the  Rev.  Philip  Schaff,  D.D.  (1870). 

"  Songs  of  the  Spirit j"  by  the  Rt.  Rev.  W.  H.  Odenheimer,  D.  D.,  and 
the  Rev.  F.  M.  Bird,  M.  A.  (1871). 

"  The  Christian  Singers  of  Germany ;"  by  Miss  Catherine  Winkworth 
(1869). 

"Hymn  Writers  and  their  Hymns ;"  by  the  Rev.  S.  W.  Christophers 
(1866). 

" English  Hymnology"  {^^ Monthly  Packet,"  1867);  by  the  Rev.  Louis 
Coutier  Biggs,  M.  A. 

"English  Hymns  and  Hymn  Writers  of  the  lyth  and  j8th  Centuries" 
("  Churchman' s  Shilling  Magazine"  1871) ;  by  Charles  Mackeson. 

" Notes  on  Hymnody"  {^^ Protestant  Churchman"  1867);  by  the  Rev. 
F.  M.  Bird,  ]\L  A. 

Allibome's  "Dictionary  of  Authors"  (1870). 


N.  B. — The  date  following  the  name  signifies  the  time  (if  known)  when  the 
hymn  was  written,  or  first  published  :  except  that  in  some  instances  where 
such  date  is  not  known,  the  date  of  the  author's  death  is  given. 

It  is  to  be  noticed  that  very  few  of  the  Metrical  Psalms  are  to  be  found  in 
any  of  the  collections  except  those  which  have  the  Psalms  as  a  distinct 
feature. 

"  Tlie  text  is  unaltered^''  signifies  that  so  far  as  the  editor  knows,  the  text 
of  the  verses  retained  is  without  alteration.  To  quote  from  the  '■'•  Hymnal 
Companion  to  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer ":  "  The  above  qualifying 
words,  '  so  far  as  the  editor  knows,'  are  of  necessity  added,  as  he  has  not 
been  able  in  every  case  to  consult  the  original.  Nor,  if  he  had  been  able, 
would  the  conclusion  have  been  in  all  cases  self  evident.  For  authors  have 
not  seldom  altered  (and  not  always  improved)  their  own  hymns  during  their 
lifetime.  Two  or  more  versions  are  thus  '  original.'  But  when  the  editor  has 
not  had  access  to  the  author's  own  accredited  copy,  and  a  hymn  is  found  in 
Sir  R.  Palmer's  Book  of  Praise,  or  in  Rogers'  Lyra  Britannica,  one  or  other 
of  these  texts  is  assumed  to  be  right."  The  editor  of  these  annotations  may 
add  that  he  has  had  the  benefit  of  notes  by  the  Rev.  F.  M.  Bird,  in  whose 
acquaintance  with  original  versions  of  hymns  he  has  great  confidence. 

"77z/j  hymn  is  adopted  iy"  signifies  that  the  Hymnals  immediately  there- 
after named,  adopt  either  the  hymn  as  in  this  collection,  or  its  substance,  in 
some  cases  with  more,  in  others  with  fewer,  verses ;  and  in  the  case  of  trans- 
lations, quite  a  variation  in  text  is  allowed. 

Titles  are  prefixed  to  the  names  of  authors  only  in  the  "  Index  of  Authors." 

The  editor  cannot  flatter  himself  that  these  annotations  are  wholly  free 
from  errors  ;  and  he  will  esteem  it  a  great  favour  if  any  one,  who,  from  more 
accurate  knowledge,  shall  discover  errors,  will  inform  him  of  them,  that  they 
may  be  corrected  in  a  subsequent  edition. 


ANNOTATIONS. 


1.     "■  Lo^  He  comes,  with  clouds  descending." 

This  hymn  was  written  by  Charles  Wesley,  and  John  Cennick  :  verses 
I,  2  and  5,  by  Wesley  (1758),  from  his  ''Hymns  of  Intercession  for  All 
Mankind"  ;  verses  3  and  4  by  Cennick  (1752)-  It  was  probably  altered 
by  Martin  Madan,  in  his  compilation  of  a  Judgment  Hymn  in  1760,  (vide 
Roger's  Ly.  Brit.,  p.  675.)  The  text,  as  given  by  Bickersteth,  has  a  few 
but  unimportant  deviations  from  the  original  as  given  by  Rogers,  and  is 
the  form  in  which  it  usually  appears.  The  hymn  is  sometimes  erroneously 
attributed  to  Olivers,  who  wrote  the  tune  "  Helmsley,"  to  which  it  is  often 
sung.  • 

Charles  Wesley,  the  son  of  Samuel  Wesley,  was  born  at  Epworth,  Dec. 
18,  1708.  He  was  educated  at  Westminster  School  and  afterwards  at 
Christ  Church,  Oxford,  where  he  graduated  M.  A.  In  1735,  he  took  Orders 
and  immediately  proceeded  with  his  brother  John  to  Georgia,  both  being 
employed  as  missionaries  of  the  S.  P.  G.  He  returned  to  England  in  1736. 
For  many  years  he  engaged  with  his  brother  in  preaching  the  Gospel. 
He  died  March  29,  1788. 

To  Charles  Wesley  has  been  justly  assigned  the  appellation  of  the  "  Bard 
of  Methodism."  His  prominence  in  hymn  writing  may  be  judged  from 
the  fact  that  in  the  "  Wesleyan  Hymn  Book,"  623  of  the  770  hymns  were 
written  by  him  ;  and  he  pubHshed  more  than  thirty  poetical  works,  written 
either  by  himself  alone,  or  in  conjunction  with  his  brother.  The  number 
of  his  separate  hymns  is  at  least  five  thousand. 

John  Cennick  was  born  at  Reading,  Berkshire,  in  the  year  1717.  He 
became  acquainted  with  Wesley  and  Whitefield,  and  preached  in  the 
Methodist  connection.  On  the  separation  of  Wesley  and  Whitefield  he 
joined  the  latter.  In  1745,  he  attached  himself  to  the  Moravians,  and  made 
a  tour  in  Germany  to  fully  acquaint  himself  with  the  Moravian  doctrines. 
He  afterwards  ministered  in  Dublin,  and  in  the  north  of  Ireland.  He 
died  in  London,  in  1755,  and  was  buried  in  the  Moravian  Cemetery,  Chel- 
sea. He  was  the  author  of  many  hymns,  some  of  which  are  to  be  found 
in  every  collection. 


22  Annotations. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ; 
Irish ;  Sarum ;  Singleton  ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Church ; 
Islington  ;  Marylebone ;  Windle  ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ; 
Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


3.     "  The  Lord  will  come  ;  the  earth  shall  quake'' 

Reginald  Heber  (1811).  It  is  one  of  four  hymns  sent  by  him  to  the 
^'■Christian  Observer"  accompanied  by  a  letter,  having  the  signature  "  D. 
R.,"  complaining  of  the  defects  in  existing  Church  hymns,  such  as  the  too 
familiar  epithets  applied  to  the  Divine  Being,  and  similar  blemishes,  and 
asking  suggestions  for  improvement.     The  text  is  without  alteration. 

Reginald  Heber  was  the  son  of  a  father  of  the  same  name,  and  was 
born  April  21,  1783,  at  Malpas,  Cheshire,  of  which  parish  his  father  was 
then  Rector.  He  commenced  his  collegiate  career  at  Brasenose  College, 
Oxford,  in  1800.  In  1802,  he  gained  the  Chancellor's  prize  for  Latin  hex- 
ameters, and  the  following  year  the  gold  medal  for  his  poem  on  "  Pales- 
tine." He  graduated  M.  A.,  1808.  He  soon  after  entered  upon  the  living 
of  Hodnet.  He  was  Bampton  Lecturer  in  1815  ;  in  1822,  he  wrote  a  life 
of  Jeremy  Taylor.  He  accepted  the  Bishopric  of  Calcutta, — to  which  he 
had  been  urged  for  some  time, — in  1823.  His  diocese  included  more  than 
the  whole  of  India.  He  died  at  Trichinopoly,  while  on  a  visitation,  April 
3,  1826. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.C.  K. ;  Barry;  Single- 
ton ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ; 
Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ; 
Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 

3.     "  That  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day'' 

Walter  Scott  (1805) ;  in  his  "Z«y  of  the  Last  Minstrel"  Canto  VI :  v. 
xxxi.,  and  is  founded  on  the  "^ Dies  irae.  Dies  ilia"  of  Thomas  of  Celano 
(13th  cent.).  The  text  is  unaltered  except  in  verse  3,  line  3,  which  is  in 
the  original, — 

"  Be  Thou  the  trembling  sinner's  stay." 

Walter  Scott  was  born  in  Edinburgh,  August  15,  1771.  In  1786,  he 
commenced  his  apprenticeship  as  writer  to  the  Signet.  In  1796,  he  first 
appeared  before  the  public  in  a  translation  of  Biirger's  "  William  and 
Helen."  Many  poetical  works  followed,  until  in  1814,  he  began  the  series 
of  "  Waverly  Novels''  He  died  at  Abbotsford,  September  21,  1832.  It 
is  related  that  on  his  death-bed  he  distinctly  repeated  portions  of  the  Latin 
original,  upon  which  the  above  hymn  is  based. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble  ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Irish  ;  Sarum  ; 
A.  and  M. ;  Elliott ;  Alford  ;  Marylebone  ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth ;  Hym- 
nary ;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations, 


4.     " Hosanna  to  the  living  Lord!' 


23 


Reginald  Heber  (18 11);  appearing  first  in  the  "  Chrisiiajt  Observer." 
The  text  is  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ; 
Irish ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Church ; 
Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ; 
Palmer.     Also  by  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch, 


5.     "'Rejoice,  rejoice,  believers." 

Laurentius  Laurenti  (1700);  translated  by  Jane  Borthwick  (1853),  in 
"  Hymns  from  the  Land  of  Ltd  her."  The  original  has  ten  verses,  six  of 
which  are  in  the  translation.  The  fourth  and  fifth  of  the  translated  verses 
are  here  omitted. 

The  following  readings  from  the  translation  show  the  alterations  in  the 
text  :— 

Verse  i,  line  I,     "  Rejoice,  all  ye  believers." 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  And  wait  for  your  salvation, 
"    4,  The  end  of  earthly  toil." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  Ye  wise  and  holy  virgins." 
"    3,     "  Till  in  songs  of  jubilee'' 

Verse  4,  line  8,     "  That  brings  us  zinio  Thee." 

Laurentius  Laurenti  was  born  in  Germany  in  1660,  and  died  in  1722. 
He  was  director  of  the  choir  in  the  cathedral  at  Bremen.  He  wrote  more 
than  a  hundred  hymns  characterized  by  spiritual  unction  and  simplicity. 
The  hymn  here  used  is  tenned  by  Dr.  Schaff,  his  best. 

Miss  Jane  Borthwick,  the  translator  of  this  hymn  and  many  others,  is 
of  Scottish  family.  Her  sister  (Mrs.  Eric  Findlater)  and  herself  edited 
"  LJymns  fro7n  the  Land  of  Luther"  (1854).  She  also  wrote  ^'Thoughts 
for  Thoughtful  Hoitrs"  (1859),  ^'^'^  ^^^  contributed  numerous  poetical 
pieces  to  the  "Family  Treasury"  under  the  signature  "  H.  L.  L." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ;  Alford ;  Canterbury.  Also 
by  Presb. ;  Ref.  Ch, 


6.     "  The  Lord  unto  tny  Lord  thus  spake." 

Nahum  Tate,  and  Nicholas  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  ex.,  in  "A  New  Ver- 
sion of  the  Psalms  of  David''  The  text  was  subsequently  revised  by  the 
authors,  and  perhaps  afterwards  by  others.  The  text  of  this  hymn  is 
unaltered,  except  that  the  last  three  lines  are  not  found  in  the  original. 

Nahum  Tate  was  born  in  Dublin  in  1652,  and  was  educated  there  at 
Trinity  College.      His  father.  Faithful  Teate,  D.  D.,  was  a  voluminous 


24 


SInnctations. 


writer  of  sacred  poetry  in  the  Elizabethan  era.  After  completing  his 
education,  Nahum  Tate  (his  name  iiaving  taken  an  English  form),  went  to 
live  in  London.  He  was  the  author  of  several  pieces  for  the  stage,  and 
of  many  poems.  He  was  poet-laureate  from  1690  to  his  death  in  1715. 
His  chief  work  was  the  " Metrical  Version  of  Psalms"  which  he  exe- 
cuted in  conjunction  with  Nicholas  Brady. 

Nicholas  Brady,  the  son  of  an  officer  in  the  Royalist  army,  was  born  in 
Brandon,  Ireland,  1659.  He  studied  at  Westminster  School,  and  at  Christ 
Church  College,  Oxford,  and  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin.  He 
held  several  positions  in  the  ministry^  but  later  in  life  retired  to  Richmond 
Surrey,  where  he  established  a  school.  Here  he  translated  some  of  the 
Psalms.  Several  volumes  of  his  sermons  and  smaller  works  were  pub- 
lished, but  his  chief  work,  like  that  of  his  co-labourer  Tate,  was  the  "■  Met- 
rical Version  of  Psalms." 

This  version  was  authorized  by  King  William  in  1696,  and  has,  since 
that  time,  taken  the  place  of  the  earlier  translation  by  Sternhold  and  Hop- 
kins, which  was  published  in  1562.  The  whole  of  the  Psalms,  with  tunes, 
appeared  in  1698,  and  a  Supplement  of  Church  Hymns  in  1703.  Of  this 
version,  which  has  little  poetic  merit,  Montgomery  says  "  It  is  nearly  as 
inanimate  as  the  former,  though  a  little  more  refined."  None  of  the 
"  Metrical  Psaltns "  are  to  be  compared  with  the  Psalms  of  the  Prayer 
Book  Psalter,  and  very  few  of  them  are  worthy  a  place  in  a  collection  of 
hymns. 

Says  the  Rev.  E.  H.  Bickersteth  {^'■Nottingham  Church  Congress  Report" 
1871,  p.  369),  "  I  believe  that  the  reasons  urged  by  Sir  Roundell  Palmer 
against  a  systematic  version  of  the  Psalms  are  unanswerable.  Wherever 
there  is  sufficient  musical  power  in  a  congregation  to  chant  them  distinctly 
and  efficiently,  in  my  judgment,  they  ought  to  be  chanted.  Their  name 
from  ipa^lu,  '  to  sing  to  a  harp,'  indicates  this.  The  Jewish  Church  sang 
them.  Our  Lord  and  His  Apostles  sang  them.  The  Christian  Church 
for  1800  years  has  sung  as  well  as  said  them." 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Hall. 


7.     "  Thy  kingdom  come,  0  God." 

L.  Hensley;  from  the  "Appendix  to  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern" 
(1868).  The  only  alterations  in  the  text  are  in  verse  i,  line  2,  where  the 
original  has  "rule"  instead  of  "reign,"  and  inverse  2,  line  i,  "reign" 
instead  of  "  rule." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. 


8.     "  Once  more,  0  Lord,  Thy  sign  s/iall  be." 

George  Washington  Doane  (1859).  This  hymn  is  a  portion  of  some 
verses  on  "  The  Two  Advents."  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows 
in  the  original : — 


Annotations,  25 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "  Yet  once  again.  Thy  sign  shall  be." 
Verse  2,  line  2,     "  O  who  shall  understand." 
Verse  3,  line  8,     "  Thy  temple  in  the  skies." 

For  these  particulars  concerning  this  hymn  the  editor  is  indebted  to  the 
lamented  author's  son,  the  Rt.  Rev.  William  Croswell  Doane,  D.  D.,  the 
present  Bishop  of  Albany. 

George  W.  Doane  was  born  at  Trenton,  N.  J.,  May  27, 1799.  He  grad- 
uated at, Union  College;  was  ordained  in  1821 ;  was  Minister  in  Trinity 
Church,  New  York,  1821 ;  Professor  in  Trinity  College,  1824;  Rector  of 
Trinity  Church,  Boston,  1S28  ;  Bishop  of  New  Jersey,  1832  ;  died  in  Bur- 
lington, N.  J.,  April  27,  1859.  He  published  one  volume  of  poetrj' 
("  Songs  by  the  Way"  1824),  and  several  volumes  of  sermons,  and  works 
of  a  similar  nature. 

This  hymn  is  not  to  be  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 

9.     "  Co7ne,  quickly  come,  dread  Judge  of  all" 

Laurence  Tuttiett ;  in  ^^  Appendix  to  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern" 
(1868).  The  following  readings  from  the  version  in  that  book,  will  show 
the  few  changes  made  in  the  text : — 

Verse  3,  line  2,     '•^  For  death  is  7nighty  all  around ^ 
Verse  4,  line  3,     "  And  weakly  souls  begin  to  fall." 

And  the  words  "  0  quickly  come,"  wherever  they  occur,  are  changed  to 
"  Come,  quickly  come." 

Laurence  Tuttiett  was  born  at  Colyton,  Devon,  in  1825  ;  was  educated 
at  Christ  Hospital,  and  at  King's  College,  London;  ordained  Deacon, 
1S48,  Priest,  1S49;  entered  upon  the  living  of  Lea  Marston,  Coleshill, 
1854,  and  recently  was  appointed  Curate  of  S.  Paul's,  Knightsbridge, 
London.     He  is  the  author  of  several  volumes  and  tracts. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. 


10.     "  O  yesu.  Thou  art  standing!' 

William  Walsham  How ;  in  "  Supplement  to  Psalms  and  Hymns  com- 
piled by  the  Revs.  T.  B.  Morrell  and  W.  W.  How"  (1854).  The  lines 
altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  l,  line  4,     "  Shame  on  us,  Christian  brothers, 
"    5,  His  name  and  sign  who  bear." 

William  Walsham  How  was  born  at  Shrewsbury, in  1823.  His  educa- 
tion was  pursued  at  Shrewsbury  School,  and  afterwards  at  Wadham  Col- 
lege, Oxford.  He  was  appointed  Curate  of  Kidderminster,  1845,  and 
Rector  of  Whittington,  185 1.     He  is  the  author  of  several  works. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. ;  Hymnary. 


26  Annotations. 


11.     "  The  Lord  hath  spoke,  the  mighty  God" 


Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  1. 
Adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  HaU. 


12.     ^' On  yordan's  bank  the  Baptist's  cry." 
(Jordanis  oras  praevia) 

Translated  from  the  Paris  Breviary,  by  John  Chandler,  in  "Hymns  of 
the  Primitive  Church"  (1837).  The  text  is  from  " Hymns  Ancient  and 
Modern,"  where  it  is  much  altered,  and  one  verse  omitted. 

John  Chandler  studied  at  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford,  graduating 
B.  A.  in  1827,  and  M.  A.  in  1830.  He  was  ordained  Deacon,  1831 ; 
Priest,  1832.  He  is  now  Vicar  of  Witley,  Surrey,  and  Rural  Dean.  He 
has  published  several  prose  and  poetical  works. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Mercer ;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  A.  and  M. ; 
People's ;  Church ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnary. 


13.     "  0  come,  0  come,  Emmanueiy 
( Veni,  veni,  Einmanuel^ 

Translated  from  a  Latin  hymn  of  the  12th  century,  by  John  Mason 
Neale,  in  the  "Hymnal  Noted"  (1851).  Largely  rewritten  in  " Hym7tf 
Ancient  and  Modern"  from  which  the  text  is  taken.  " This  Advent 
hymn  is  little  more  than  a  versification  of  some  of  the  Christian  Antiphons 
commonly  called  the  O's." 

John  Mason  Neale,  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Cornelius  Neale,  was  born  in 
London,  January  24,  1818.  He  graduated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge, 
B.  A.,  1840 ;  M.  A.,  1845.  Besides  other  rewards,  he  gained  the  Seatonian 
prize  at  Cambridge,  for  an  English  sacred  poem,  nine  times  between  1845 
and  1861.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1841,  and  Priest  in  1842;  was 
Warden  of  Sackville  College,  East  Grinsted,  from  1846  to  his  death, 
August  6,  1866.  At  East  Grinsted  he  founded  the  Nursing  Sisterhood  of 
S.  Margaret's,  and  promoted  the  establishment  of  cottage  hospitals.  He 
was  master  of  many  languages,  and  his  literary  sei-vices  received  wide- 
spread recognition  and  honour. 

"  We  count  Dr.  Neale  to  have  been  the  most  elegant  translator  of  poetry 
from  any  foreign  language  into  English,  and  one  of  the  first  of  our  hym- 
nists,  old  and  new."     (F.  M.  Bird,  in  '■'■Protestant  Churchman"  July  25, 

This  hymn  is  adopted — with  some  variations  in  the  text — by  Singleton  ; 
A.  and  M. ;  People's ;  Chope ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Hymnary. 


Slnnotations.  27 

14,     "  0  Wisdom  !  spreading  mightily." 

The  Advent  Anthems. 

OSapientia!    OAdonai!    0 Radix  Jesu!    0  Clavis David l    OOriens! 
0  Rex  Geittiu7n  !    0  Emmanuel ! 

Translated  by  Earl  Nelson  and  others,  in  the  "  Sarum  Hymnal"  (1868). 
The  text  is  unaltered.  These  Antiphons,  known  as  the  "  Greater  Anti- 
phons,"  are  given  in  the  "  Hymnal  Noted;'  in  prose.  They  are  commonly 
called  the  O's,  and  were  anciently  sung  at  Vespers  m  the  English  Church 
from  December  16  until  Christmas  Eve.  Their  number  vanes  from  seven 
to  twelve.  In  the  Roman  Breviary  there  are  seven.  The  old  l^nglisli 
Breviaries  added  two,  and  some  of  the  French  Breviaries,  four,  ihe 
Roman  Breviary  is  generally  followed  in  recent  collections.  ,  ^  .   .^ 

Earl  Nelson  was  born  in  1823.  He  was  educated  at  Eton,  and  Trinity 
College,  Cambridge.  He  is  a  relative  of  England's  greatest  naval  hero. 
An  active  layman,  he  has  been  of  service  to  the  Church  in  many  of  her 
religious  and  benevolent  enterprises.  In  hymnology  he  has  taken  a 
prominent  position  ;  his  own  hymns  are  most  creditable  and  he  has  been 
foremost  in  compihng  the  "  Sarum  Hymnair  a  work  of  the  best. charac- 
ter This  hymnal  was  compiled  in  1857,  with  the  assistance  of  John 
Keble,  at  the  request  of  the  Bishop  of  SaKsbury.  Its  first  title  was  The 
Salisbury  Hymn  Book."  Its  popularity  was  very  great.  In  1868  it  was 
revised  and  is  now  known  as  ''The  Sarum  Hymnal."  Earl  Nelson  has 
also  published  a  few  other  works,  mostly  of  a  devotional  character. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  Church. 

15.     "Hark!  the  glad  sound,  the  Saviotir  comes." 

Philip  Doddridge  (i735)-  His  hymns  were  pubHshed  in  1755.  This 
hymn  was  appended  to  a  sermon  preached  Dec.  28  1735-  A  more 
sweet  vigorous,  and  perfect  composition  is  not  to  be  found,  even  m  the 
whole  body  of  ancient  hymns."  The  only  change  from  the  original  is  in 
verse  2,  line  2,  where  the  word  "  his,"  is  substituted  for  "  tts.  One  verse 
is  omitted  between  the  fifth  and  sixth.  j       ^  j     ^ 

Phihp  Doddridge  was  born  in  London,  in  1702.  He  was  educated  at 
various  schools,  and  afterwards  became  the  Congregational  pastor  at  Kib- 
worth  In  1729,  at  the  solicitation  of  friends  he  opened  a  training  school 
in  which  to  fit  young  men  for  the  ministry.  Dr.  Doddridge  was  the  author 
of  many  works,  some  of  which  have  celebrity  at  the  present  day.  Many 
of  his  hymns,  of  which  there  are  in  all  364,  are  ranked  as  among  the  best 
in  our  language.  Montgomery  says  of  them,  "  They  shme  m  the  beauty 
of  holiness."     He  died  in  Lisbon,  1751.  ,      ,,  o  ti  o  t^ 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Hall;  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K. 
Barry  Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  andM.;  Peoples;  Elliott ;  Alford 
Church  •  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Morrell  and  How 
Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. 
Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


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Annotations. 


16.     "Hail!  Thou  long-expected  Jesus y 

Charles  Wesley ;  in  "Hymns  for  the  Nativity  of  our  Lord"  (1745).  It 
is  there  printed  in  two  eight-line  verses.  The  lines  altered  in  the  text, 
are,  in  the  original,  as  follows : — 


Verse  i,  line  i, 

Verse  2,  line  3, 

"    4, 

Verse  3,  line  2, 


"  Come!  Thou  long-expected  Jesus." 

"  Dear  desire  of  every  nation, 
Joy  of  every  longing  heart." 

"  Bom  a  child,  and  yet  a  King." 


This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Blc. ;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Single- 
ton; People's;  Elliott;  Church;  Ishngton;  Windle;  Bickersteth.  Also 
by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


17.     "Hark!  the  herald  angels  sing." 

Charles  Wesley  (1739).  It  is  tnixil&d  "  A  Hymn  for  Christmas  Day  " 
and  originally  appeared  in  "Hymns  atid  Sacred  Poems."  The  original 
consists  of  ten  verses.  The  verses  of  the  text  are  the  first  five,  which  are 
in  general  use,  and  of  which  the  following  are  the  original : — 


Hark  !  how  all  the  "welkin  rings^ 
'  Glory  to  the  Kitig  of  Kings  ; 
Peace  on  earth,  and  mercy  mild, 
God  and  sinners  reconciled  !  " 

Joyful  all  ye  nations  rise. 
Join  the  triumph  of  the  skies ; 
Universal  nature^  •f'y, 
'  Christ,  the  Lord,  is  born  to-day  !  " 

Christ,  by  highest  heaven  adored  I 
Christ,  the  everlasting  Lord  ! 


Late,  in  time,  behold  Him  comci 
Offspring  of  a  Virgin's  womb. 

Veil'd  in  flesh,  the  Godhead  see; 
Hail,  the  incarnate  Deity, 
Pleased  as  man  with  men  to  appear  ; 
Jesus,  our  Imtnanuel  here  ! 

Hail,  the  heavenly  Prince  of  Peace  t 
Hail,  the  Sun  of  Righteoicsness  I 
Light  and  life  to  all  He  brings. 
Risen  with  healing  in  His  wings. 


This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ; 
Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford  ; 
Church  ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell 
and  How;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers. 
Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


18.     "  While  shepherds  watcKd  their  flocks  by  night." 

Nahum  Tate  (1703);  in  "Supplement  to  the  New  Version  of  Psalms." 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ; 
Barry ;  Irish  ;  Sarum  ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  Alford ;  Windle ;  Chope ; 
Morrell  and  How;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnaiy;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


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19.     "  0  come,  all  ye  faithful." 

(Adesie  fdeles.) 

A  Latin  hymn  of  uncertain  authorsliip  and  date  (probably  ab.  A.  D. 
1500),  though  attributed  to  Bonaventura  (13th  cent.).  Translated  by  the 
Rev.  Frederic  Oakeley,  about  1841 ;  published  in  '■^  Lyra  Catholica"  1848. 
This  is  the  most  popular  of  the  translations  of  the  "Adeste  fideles:"  that 
in  Sarum  is  the  most  regular  in  structure.  The  text  is  altered  in  the  first 
line,  Oakeley's  translation  reading, — 

"  Ye  faithful,  approach  ye" 

Also  in  line  i,  of  verse  3,  the  original  translation  reading, — 

"  Sing,  choirs  angelic." 

And  in  the  last  three  lines  of  each  verse,  the  original  has  "  worship," 
instead  of  "  adore." 

Frederic  Oakeley  graduated  M.  A.  at  Oxford,  and  took  Orders  in  the 
Church  of  England.  He  became  Prebendary  of  Lichfield  Cathedral, 
preacher  at  Whitehall,  and  incumbent  of  Margaret  Chapel,  London.  He 
was  active  in  the  "Oxford  Movement,"  and  in  1S45,  called  attention  to 
his  views  for  the  purpose  of  seeing  if  he  could  continue  to  hold  an  Oxford 
degree,  with  so  great  a  change  in  his  opinions.  The  question  was  tried, 
and  he  was  perpetually  suspended  unless  he  retracted.  He  then  resigned 
his  positions  in  the  Church  of  England,  and  entered  the  Church  of  Rome, 
in  which  he  is  now  a  Priest,  and  Canon  of  the  diocese  of  Westminster. 
His  publications  are  numerous,  and  some  of  them  have  considerable 
value. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  Single- 
ton ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's  ;  Church  ;  Morrell  and  How  ;  Hymnal  Noted  ; 
Bickersteth ;  Hymnary.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


-20.     Hark  !  what  mean  those  holy  voices^ 

John  Cawood  (1800?).  The  text  is  that  usually  adopted,  but  it  differs 
somewhat  from  the  version  given  in  "'Lyra  Britannica"  and  furnished  for 
that  work  by  Cawood's  son.  In  the  original  there  are  six  verses.  The 
following  lines  are  from  the  version  referred  to : — 

Verse  l,  line  2,     "  Sweetly  warbling  in  the  skies? 
"    3,     Sure  th'  angelic  host  rejoices, 
"    4,         Loudest  hallelujahs  rise." 

Verse  4,  line  2,     "  Heaven  and  earth  His  glory  sing ! 
"    3,     C/a^  receive  Whom  God  appointed." 

Verse  5,  line  2,     "  Learn  His  Name,  and  taste  His  Joy." 


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Every  verse  is  followed  by  a  "  Hallelujah,"  but  this,  and  the  sixth  verse, 
are  omitted  in  the  usual  collections. 

John  Cawood  was  born  in  1775,  at  Matlock,  Derbyshire,  where  his 
father  carried  on  a  small  farm.  He  enjoyed  very  limited  educational 
advantages.  At  the  age  of  eighteen  he  occupied  a  menial  position.  But 
seeking  every  opportunity  of  self  improvement,  and  aided  by  those  who 
interested  themselves  in  his  behalf,  he  was  enabled  in  1797  to  enter  S. 
Edmund  Hall,  Oxford,  and  obtained  his  B.  A.  in  1801,  and  his  M.  A.  in 
1807.  He  was  ordained  in  1801,  and  most  of  his  life  in  the  ministry  was 
spent  as  perpetual  Curate  of  S.  Ann's  Chapel  of  Ease,  Bevvdley,  Worces- 
tershire. He  died  in  1852.  He  published  several  prose  works,  but  no 
volume  of  hymns  or  poems.  His  son  says,  "  My  father  composed  about 
thirteen  hymns,  which  have  one  by  one  got  into  print,  though  never 
published  by  himself,  or  any  one  representing  him." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Irish  ;  Singleton ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Mor- 
rell  and  How ;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch, 


21.     "  Christians,  aivake,  salute  the  happy  morn," 

John  Byrom.  The  original  is  not  divided  into  verses.  In  the  text 
(as  in  usual  collections),  twelve  lines  are  omitted.  The  following  are 
original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "Whereon  the  Saviour  of  the  world vfz.s  born." 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "  The  praises  of  redeeming  love  they  stmg, 

"    4,        And  heaven's  whole  orb  with  hallelujahs  rung." 
"    6,     "  Peace  upon  earth,  and  mutual  good-will." 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "To  Bethlehem  straight  the  enlighten' d  shepherds  ran," 
"    6,     "Th.Q  Jirst  apostles  of  His  infant  fatne." 

John  Byrom  was  bom  in  1691,  at  Manchester,  where  his  father  was 
a  linen-draper.  He  entered  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  1708  ;  became 
a  Fellow  of  the  College  in  1714 ;  took  his  M.  A.  in  1716,  and  then 
proceeded  to  Montpelier,  where  he  studied  medicine.  He  afterwards 
abandoned  medicine,  settled  in  London,  and  obtained  his  living  by 
teaching  a  system  of  shorthand,  which  he  had  projected.  He  was  elected 
a  member  of  the  Royal  Society  in  1724.  He  died  Sept.  28,  1763,  The 
first  edition  of  Byrom's  poems  appeared  in  1773,  in  two  volumes.  A 
more  complete  edition  was  published  in  1814.  Byrom  did  not  seek 
publicity  as  an  author,  but  wrote  verses  only  for  recreation. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P,  C.  K. ;  Barry ;  A.  and 
M. ;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Windle;  Chope;  Morrell  and 
How ;  Bickersteth  ;  Hymnary  ;  Rogers. 


Verse  3, 

line 

I, 

Verse  4, 

line 

2, 

4. 
5. 
6, 

Annotations*  ^i 

22.     "It  came  upon  the  midnight  clear." 

Edmund  Hamilton  Sears  (1850).  A  hymn  "  of  very  high  merit."  (Biggs.) 
The  following  are  original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

"And  yQ  beneath  life's  crushing  load." 

"  By  prophet-bards  foretold." 
"  Comes  rottnd  ike  age  of  gold; 
When  Peace  shall  over  all  the  Eiirth 
Its  ancient  splendors  fling y 

One  verse  (v.  3  in  Schaff's  "Christ  in  Song")  is  omitted. 

Edmund  Hamilton  Sears  was  bom  in  Berkshire,  Massachusetts,  in 
1810;  graduated  at  Union  College,  Schenectady,  in  1834,  and  at  the 
Theological  School  of  Harvard  University,  in  1S37.  He  became  pastor 
of  the  Unitarian  Society  in  Wayland,  Mass.,  in  1838  ;  removed  to  Lancas- 
ter in  1S40;  but  on  account  of  ill  health  was  obliged  to  retire  from  the 
active  duties  of  the  ministry  in  1847  ;  since  then,  residing  in  Wayland,  he 
has  devoted  himself  to  literature.     He  has  published  several  works. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Sarum ;  Elliott ;  Bickersteth ; 
Palmer.     Also  by  Presb. ;  Ref  Ch. 


23.     "Shout  the  glad  tidings,  exultingly  sing." 

William  Augustus  Muhlenberg  (1S26);  appeared  in  the  Collection  of 
Hymns  appended  tothe  Prayer  Book.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

W^illiam  Augustus  Muhlenberg  is  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Henry  ^2^/~^* 
Melchior  Muhlenberg,  who  emigrated  to  Pennsylvania  in  1742,  and  there 
founded  the  first  Lutheran  church  over  which  he  officiated  as  pastor.  He 
was  born  Sept.  16,  1796;  graduated  at  the  University  of  Pennsylvania  in 
1814  ;  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1S17,  and  Priest  in  1820 ;  became  associate 
Rector  of  S.  James'  Church,  I>ancaster,  Penn.,  in  1823 ;  subsequently 
established  S.  Paul's  College,  Flushing,  L.  I.,  which  flourished  greatly 
under  his  supervision.  He  became  Rector  of  the  Church  of  the  Holy 
Communion,  New  York,  in  1843  ;  founded  S.  Luke's  Hospital  in  1855, 
and  has  presided  over  its  management  since  its  organization  ;  established 
S.  Johnland — a  home  for  various  classes  of  the  needy — in  1865.  He  is 
the  author  of  several  publications  in  prose  and  poetry. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Kemble.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


24.     "Angels,  from  the  realms  of  glory'' 

James  Montgomery  (1S19) ;  appearing  in  "  CottcrilVs  Collection."  "  For 
comprehensiveness,  appropriateness  of  expression,  force,  and  elevation  of 
sentiment,  it  may  challenge  comparison  with  any  hymn  that  was  ever 


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written  in  any  language  or  country."  (Miller.)  The  original  consists  of 
five  verses,  of  which  the  last  is  here  omitted.  The  text  of  the  verses 
retained  conforms  to  that  in  "Lyra  Briiannica." 

James  Montgomery  was  bom  at  Irvine,  in  Ayrshire,  Scotland,  Nov.  4, 
1771.  His  father  was  a  Moravian  preacher.  In  his  seventh  year,  James 
was  sent  to  a  Moravian  Seminary  at  Fulneck,  in  Yorkshire.  While  there, 
his  parents  died  in  the  West  Indies,  whither  they  had  gone  as  missionaries. 
After  occupying  several  uncongenial  situations,  he  became,  in  1792,  assist- 
ant to  a  bookseller  in  Sheffield.  Here  also  he  successfully  conducted  a 
local  newspaper,  which  he  edited  for  thirty-one  years.  The  government 
looked  with  disfavour  upon  him  on  account  of  his  liberal  and  tolerant 
views.  For  printing  a  song  on  the  "  Fall  of  the  Bastile,"  he  was  fined 
and  imprisoned  three  months.  Subsequently  he  suffered  a  second  impris- 
onment for  publishing  an  account  of  a  riot  at  Sheffield.  His  prison  life 
was  mostly  spent  in  writing  short  poems,  which  appeared  in  1797,  under 
the  title  of  "Prison  Amusements,"  and  was  the  first  volume  he  published. 
His  subsequent  publications  were  very  numerous,  and  included  prose  and 
poetry. 

Montgomery  has  been  called  the  "  Cowper  of  the  19th  century."  "  To 
James  Montgomery  must  ever  be  decreed  the  highest  praise  which  either 
poet  or  prose-writer  can  deserve, — that  of  a  steadfast,  consistent,  earnest, 
yet  temperate  advocacy  of  whatsoever  is  '  true,  just,  pure,  lovely,  or  of  good 
report.'  "  (Alliborne.)  "  He,  of  all  the  poets  of  this  age,  is  in  his  poetry — 
and  we  believe,  also  out  of  it — the  most  religious  man."  (Prof  Wilson.) 
For  an  interesting  account  of  Montgomery  see  Miller's  "Singers  and 
Songs  of  the  Church." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish ;  Singleton ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Chope ;  Mor- 
rell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Rogers.    Also  by  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


25,     "Come  hither,  ye  faithful." 

(Adesie  fideles^ 

An  old  Latin  hymn  (see  No.  19) ;  translated  by  the  Rev.  Edward  Cas- 
wall  (1848),  and  published  in  "Lyra  Catholica." 

The  following  are  original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  l,  line  i,     "0  come,  all  ye  faithful," 
"    7,     "0  hasten!  0  hasteji!" 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  The  womb  of  the  Virgin." 

Verse  4,  line  7,     "0  hasten!  O  hasten!" 

Edward  Caswall  was  born  in  18 14,  at  Yately,  in  Hampshire,  where  his 
father  was  a  clergyman.  In  1832,  he  went  to  Brasenose  College,  Oxford, 
and  in  1836,  took  a' second-class  in  classics.  His  humorous  work,  "The 
Art  of  Pluck"  was  published  in  1835  ;  it  is  still  selling  at  Oxford,  having 


Annotations. 


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passed  through  many  editions.  In  183S,  he  was  ordained  Deacon,  and  in 
1839,  Priest.  He  became  perpetual  Curate  of  Stratford-sub-Castle  in  1840. 
In  1841,  he  resigned  his  incumbency  and  visited  Ireland.  In  1847,  he 
joined  the  Church  of  Rome.  In  1850,  he  was  admitted  into  the  Congre- 
gation of  the  Oratory  at  Birmingham,  where  he  has  since  remained.  He 
has  published  several  works  in  prose  and  poetry. 

This  translation  of  the  "Adeste  fideles  "  is  adopted  by  Barry. 


26.     "Calm  on  the  listening  ear  of  night." 

Edmund  Hamilton  Sears  {1837);  pubHshed  in  1838,  in  ''The  Boston 
Observer,"  and  in  Greenwood's  "Psalms  and  Hym7is."  The  original  has 
five  eight-line  verses.  The  author  has  lately  altered  the  hymn ;  but  the 
changes  do  not  affect  the  text  of  the  verses  here  used  except  in  verse  6, 
line  3,  where  "more"  is  substituted  for  "and." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bslpt. 


37.     "  To  hail  Thy  rising,  Sun  of  life'' 

John  Morrison  (1781);  "Scotch  Paraphrase"  No.  19.  In  nearly  every 
collection  in  which  this  hymn  is  to  be  found,  one  verse,  omitted  in  this 
collection,  appears.     It  is  as  follows  : 

"  The  race  that  long  in  darkness  pined 
Have  seen  a  glorious  light ; 
The  people  dwell  in  day,  who  dwelt 
In  death's  surrounding  night." 

The  following  are  original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "  To  hail  Thy  rise.  Thou  better  Stm." 
"    4,     "  The  harvest-treasures  home." 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "And  quelled  the  oppressor's  sway; 

"    3)        Quick  as  the  slaughtered  squadrons  fell 
"    4,  In  Midian's  evil  day." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  To  us  a  Child  of  hope  is  bom, 
"    2,  To  us  a  Son  is  given." 

Verse  4,  line  4,     "  The  great  and  mighty  Lord." 

John  Morrison  was  bom  in  the  County  of  Aberdeen,  Scotland,  in  1749. 
He  studied  for  the  ministry,  and  in  1780,  was  settled  over  the  parish  of 
Canisbay,  Caithnes-shire.  In  his  early  life  he  contributed  verses  to  the 
"Edinburgh  Weekly  Magazine!'  He  was  appointed  one  of  the  General 
Assembly's  Committee  for  revising  the  Church  Paraphrases.  He  published 
a  translation  of  the  second  and  fourth  books  of  Virgil's  ^neid.  He  died 
at  Canisbay,  June  12,  1798. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Kemble ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ;  Irish ; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Alford;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers. 
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^4  Annotations}, 

28.     "  A  few  more  years  shall  roll." 

Horatius  Bonar  (1856);  published  under  the  name  of  "A  Pilgrim's 
Song,"  in  ''Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope"  (First  Series).  The  original  con- 
sists of  six  verses,  the  fifth  of  which  is  omitted  in  this  Hymnal.  In  other 
respects  the  text  is  without  alteration. 

Horatius  Bonar  was  born  at  Edinburgh,  in  1808.  His  education  was 
obtained  at  the  High  School,  and  the  University  of  his  native  city.  He 
was  ordained  to  the  ministry,  in  1837,  and  since  then  has  been  pastor  at 
Kelso.  In  1843,  he  joined  the  Free  Church  of  Scotland.  His  reputation 
as  a  religious  writer  was  first  gained  on  the  publication  of  the  ''Kelso 
Tracts"  of  which  he  was  the  author.  He  has  also  written  many  other 
prose  works,  some  of  which  have  had  very  large  circulation.  Nor  is  he  less 
favourably  known  as  a  religious  poet  and  hymn-writer.  The  three  series 
of  "Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope"  have  passed  through  several  editions. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  Canterbury ; 
Bickersteth.     Also  by  Cong. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


29.     "  0  God,  our  help  in  ages  past" 

Isaac  Watts  (1719):  Psalm  xc.  A  writer  in  the  "Oxford  Essays" 
(1858)  regards  this  as  Watts'  finest  paraphrase.  The  original  consists  of 
nine  verses,  of  which  the  fourth,  sixth,  and  eighth  are  omitted  in  this  col- 
lection. The  verses  retained  are  altered  only  in  the  lines  of  which  the 
following  are  the  originals : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "  Our  God,  our  help  in  ages  past." 
Verse  6,  line  3,     "  Be  Thou  our  guard  while  troubles  last!' 

Isaac  Watts  was  the  son  of  a  schoolmaster,  and  was  born  in  Southamp- 
ton, July  17,  1674.  He  is  said  to  have  shown  remarkable  precocity  in 
childhood,  beginning  the  study  of  Latin,  in  his  fourth  year,  and  writing 
respectable  verses  at  the  age  of  seven.  At  the  age  of  sixteen,  he  went  to 
London  to  study  in  the  Academy  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Rowe,  an  Inde- 
pendent minister.  In  i6g8,  he  became  assistant  minister  of  the  Inde- 
pendent Church,  Berry  St.,  London.  In  1702,  he  became  pastor.  In 
1712,  he  accepted  an  invitation  to  visit  Sir  Thomas  Abney,  at  his  residence 
of  Abney  Park,  and  at  Sir  Thomas'  pressing  request,  made  it  his  home 
for  the  remainder  of  his  life.  It  was  a  residence  most  favourable  for  his 
health,  and  for  the  prosecution  of  his  literary  labours.  He  did  not  retire 
from  ministerial  duties,  but  preached  as  often  as  his  delicate  health  would 
permit. 

The  number  of  Watts'  publications  is  very  large.  His  collected  works, 
first  published  in  1720,  embrace  sermons,  treatises,  poems  and  hymns. 
His  "  Horae  Lyricae"  was  published  in  December,  1705.     His  "Hymns" 


Annotations.  35 

appeared  in  July,  1707.  The  first  hymn  he  is  said  to  have  composed  for 
religious  worship,  is  ''Behold  the  glories  of  the  Lavib"  written  at  the  age 
of  twenty.  It  is  as  a  writer  of  psalms  and  hymns  that  he  is  everywhere 
known.  Some  of  his  h>Tnns  were  written  to  be  sung  after  his  sermons, 
givino-  expression  to  the  meaning  of  the  text  upon  which  he  had  preached. 
Montgomery  calls  Watts  "  the  greatest  name  among  hymn-writers,"  ana 
the  honour  can  hardly  be  disputed.  His  pubUshed  hymns  number  more 
than  eight  hundred.  ,      .    ,        t,     ^,■^^  -c-  u        a 

Watts  died  November  25,  1748,  and  was  buried  at  Bunhill  I'lelds.  A 
monumental  statue  was  erected  in  Southampton,  his  native  place,  and 
there  is  also  a  monument  to  his  memory  in  the  South  Choir  of  Westmin- 
ster Abbey.  "  Happy,"  says  the  great  contemporaiy  champion  of  Angli- 
can orthodoxy,  "  will  be  that  reader  whose  mind  is  disposed,  by  his  verses 
or  his  prose,  to  imitate  him  in  all  but  his  non-conformity,  to  copy  his 
benevolence  to  men,  and  his  reverence  to  God."  (^''Memorials  of  West- 
minster Abbey"  p.  325.)  ^  ^  ^  ,.      ^  .  ,      „.     ,  ^ 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Irish ;  Singleton ; 
A  and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford  ;  Church ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ; 
Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary. 
Alsoby'Presb. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. 

30.     "  The  God  of  life.  Whose  constant  care!' 

Philip  Doddridge  (d.  1 751).  The  text  of  this  hymn  is  unaltered  froni 
that  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection.  The  hymn  seems  to  be  made  up  of 
two  separate  and  disconnected  hymns  of  the  author,  viz. :  Verses  i  and  2, 
are  from  his  134th  h>Tnn,  verses  5  and  6;  and  verses  3,  4  and  5,  are  from 
the  same  verses  of  his  310th  hymn.  The  latter  bears  date,  January  2, 
1736-7.  The  following  is  the  original  version  of  the  verses  which  make 
up  the  text : — 

God  of  my  life.  Thy  constant  care  No  groans  to  mingle  with  the  songs 

With  blessings  crowns  each  opening  year,  Which  warble  from  immortal  tongues. 

This  guilty  life  dost  Thou -proXong,  ^.  ,     ,  /•         ■      f„„„ . 

A nd  wake  anew  my  annual  song.  No  rude  alarms  of  raging;  foes  ; 

^nu.  a,^  s  e.  ^^^  ^^^^^  ^^  hxsiik  the  long  repose ; 

Thy  children  eager  to  be  gone,  No  midnight  shade,  no  clouded  sun, 

Bid  time's  i7,ipettious  tide  roll  on  But  sacred,  high,  eternal  noon. 
^K(/ land  them  on  that  <5/oc;«?«^  shore  ._,,!,• 

Where  years  and  death  are  known  no  more.  O  long-expected  day  I  begin  ;  _ 

Dawn  on  these  realms  of  woe  and  sm  ; 

No  more  fatigue,  no  more  distress,  Fain  would  we  leave  this  weary  road, 

Nor  sin,  nor  hell,  shall  reach  the  place  ;  And  sleep  in  death,  to  rest  with  (_.od. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 

31.     "  While  with  ceaseless  course  the  stm." 

John  Newton  (1779)  ;  from  the  ''Olney  Hymns."     Most  of  the  collec 
tions  adopting  this  hymn  use  but  four  verses  of  four  Unes  each.     The  text 
is  unaltered,  except  that  in  verse  2,  line  7,  the  original  has  "  upwards 
instead  of  "  upward." 


36  Annotations. 

John  Newton  was  born  in  London,  July  24,  1725.  His  mother  died 
when  he  was  seven  years  old.  In  his  eleventh  year  he  accompanied  his 
father,  a  sea  captain,  on  a  voyage.  For  several  years  his  life  was  one  of 
dissipation  and  crime.  He  was  disgraced  while  in  the  navy.  Afterwards 
he  engaged  in  the  slave  trade.  Returning  to  England  in  1748,  the  vessel 
was  nearly  wrecked  in  a  storm.  This  peril  forced  solemn  reflection  upon 
him,  and  from  that  time  he  was  a  changed  man.  It  was  six  years,  how- 
ever, before  he  relinquished  the  slave  trade,  which  was  not  then  regarded 
as  an  unlawful  occupation.  But  in  1754,  he  gave  up  sea-faring  life,  and 
holding  some  favourable  civil  position,  began  also  religious  work.  In 
1764,  in  his  thirty-ninth  year,  he  entered  upon  a  regular  ministry  as  the 
Curate  of  Olney.  In  this  position  he  had  intimate  intercourse  with 
Cowper,  and  with  him  produced  the  ''Obiey  Hymns''  In  1779,  Newton 
became  Rector  of  S.  Mary  Woolnoth,  in  London,  in  which  position  he 
became  more  widely  known.  It  was  here  he  died,  Dec.  21,  1807.  His 
published  works  are  quite  numerous,  consisting  of  sermons,  letters,  devo- 
tional aids,  and  hymns.  He  calls  his  hymns  "  The  fruit  and  expression  of 
his  own  experience." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ; 
Alford;  Islington ;  Windle ;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ; 
Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


32.     "  The  ancient  law  departs^ 
{Debilis  cesseni  elemettta  legis.) 

From  the  Paris  Breviary ;  translated  by  the  compilers  of  "J7ymns 
Ancient  and  Modern  "  (1861).  In  that  Hymnal  there  are  five  verses,  two 
of  which  are  omitted  in  this  collection. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  A.  and  M.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 

33.     "yesus!  Name  of  tvondrous  love." 

William  Walsham  How  (1854).  The  text  is  from  "Psaltns  and  Hymns" 
compiled  by  Morrell  and  How,  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  Alford ; 
Chope ;  Morrell  and  How. 


34.     '^ Hail  to  the  Lord's  Anointed." 

James  Montgomery  (1822);  Psalm  72.  The  original  contains  eight 
eight-line  verses,  of  which  the  third,  fifth,  sixth,  the  last  half  of  the 
seventh,  and  the  first  half  of  the  eighth,  are  here  omitted.  The  verses 
retained  are  those  usually  found  in  collections.  Lines  which  are  altered 
are  as  follows  in  the  original ; — 


Stnnotstions.  37 

Verse  3,  line  l,     "  He  shall  come  down  like  showers." 
"    3,     "And  \oxe,joy,  hope,  like  flowers."  ' 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "For  Him  shall  prayer  unceasing." 

It  is  said  that  this  most  admirable  hymn  was  repeated  by  the  poet  at 
the  close  of  a  speech  at  a  missionary  meeting.  Dr.  Adam  Clarke,  who  was 
presiding,  begged  a  copy  of  it,  and  put  it,  with  the  Psalm  of  which  it  is  a 
rendering,  in  his  "Commentaries" 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry  ; 
Irish ;  Sarum  ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's  ;  Alford ;  Marylebone  ; 
Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


35.     "How  wondrous  and  great'' 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  (1826) ;  printed  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collec- 
tion.    The  text  is  unaltered. 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  was  born  in  New  York,  in  1789.  After  his 
ordination  he  held  various  parochial  cures,  until  he  was  consecrated 
Bishop,  at  Philadelphia,  Oct.  25,  1827,  as  assistant  to  Bishop  White,  of 
Pennsylvania.  He  was  the  author  of  several  prose  works  and  some 
hymns.     He  died  Dec.  6,  1858. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


36.     "Rise,  crown  d  with  light,  imperial  Salettt,  rise." 

Alexander  Pope  (d.  1744);  from  "Messiah,  a  Sacred  Eclogue."  The 
following  are  original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "  Exalt  thy  towery  head  and  lift  thy  eyes." 

V^rse  3,  line  4,     "And  Jieaped  with  products  of  Sabean  springs'' 

Verse  4,  line  l,     "  The  seas  shall  waste,  the  skies  in  smoke  decay." 
"    4,     "  Thy  xQ^va.  forever  lasts,  thy  own  Messiah  reigns." 

The  second  couplet  of  the  first  verse  is  transposed  to  that  place  from 
another  portion  of  the  poem. 

Alexander  Pope  was  born  in  London,  in  1688.  His  parents  were  Roman 
Catholics.  He  had  a  feeble  constitution,  was  deformed  in  person,  and 
attained  the  age  of  only  fifty-six.  He  early  acquired  the  means  of  inde- 
pendence by  his  literary  gifts,  and  purchased  his  celebrated  villa  at  Twick- 
enham, whither  he  went  to  reside  at  the  age  of  thirty.  Of  his  many 
published  works,  his  translation  of  the  "Iliad"  and  "  Odyssey"  of  Homer 
has  given  him  the  greatest  reputation.  As  an  English  satirist,  also,  he 
stands  very  high.  Nearly  all  his  works,  however,  are  imitations.  He 
died  at  Twickenham,  in  1744. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.    Also  by  Cong. ;  Bapt. 


38 


Annotations. 


37.     "  Brightest  arid  best  of  the  sons  of  the  mor7iing." 

Reginald  Heber  (1811).  The  only  alteration  of  the  text  is  in  verse  3, 
line' 4,  where  the  original  has  "or"  in  the  place  of  "  and." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ;  Irish  ; 
Singleton;  Elliott;  Windle;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth; 
Palmer ;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


38.     '^  Lo!  hills  and  mountains  shall  bring  forth" 

Tate  and  Brady  (l6g6) ;  Psalm  Ixxii.     The  text  is  slightly  altered. 
Adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  S.  P.  C.  K. 


39.     "Light  of  those  whose  dreary  dwelling^ 

Charles  Wesley  (1745) ;  published  in  "  Hyinns  for  the  Nativity  of  our 
Lardy  The  original  consists  of  three  eight-line  verses ;  the  text  omits  the 
second  half  of  the  first  two  verses.  Other  alterations  will  be  observed 
from  the  following  version  which  is  the  original  of  the  verses  in  the  text : — 


Light  of  those  whose  dreary  dwelling 
Borders  on  the  shades  of  death, 

Cojne,  and  by  Thy  Love's  revealing 
Dissipate  the  clouds  beneath. 

Still  we  wait  for  Thine  appearing ; 

Life  and  joy  Thy  beams  impart, 
Chasing  all  our  /ears,  and  cheering 

"SMexy  poor  benighted  heart. 


Save  us  in  Thy  great  cojnpassion 
O  Thoti  mild  pacific  Prince  ! 

Give  the  knowledge  of  salvation, 
Give  the  pardon  of  our  sins. 

By  Thy  all-resiori ng  mer'ii^ 
Every  burthened  soul  release  ; 

Every  weary,  wandering  spirit. 
Guide  into  Thy  perfect  peace. 


This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ; 
Irish ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Church ;  Islington ;  Windle.  Also  by  Presb. ; 
Cong. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


40.     "  yoy  to  the  world!  the  Lord  is  come." 

Isaac  Watts  (1719).  He  offers  it  as  "Psalm  98,  Part  2."  The  text  is 
unaltered  except  that  the  original  has  in  verse  2,  line  i,  "earth"  instead 
of  "world." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Barry ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Maryle- 
bone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Bickersteth  ;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb. ; 
Cong. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


41.     "  The  Name  of  our  God." 

Metrical  Version  of  Psalm  Ixxvi.     Its  origin  is  unknown  to  the  editor. 
It  is  adopted  by  the  Pr.  Bk. 


Annotations. 


42.     "Hark!  the  so7ig  of  jubilee." 


39 


James  Montgomery  (i8ig);  in  "CotterilTs  Collection^  The  only  altera- 
tions are  in  two  lines  of  which  the  following  are  the  originals : — 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  From  the  depths  tmio  the  skies." 
"    5,     "  See  Jehovah's  3a««^?- furled." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ;  Irish ; 
Sarum ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth.  Also  by 
Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 

43.     "  Watch>?ian  !  teK  us  of  the  night" 

James  Bowring  (1825) ;  from  his  "Hymns"  a  sequel  to  "Matins  and 
Vespers"  The  following  is  the  original  reading  of  the  only  line  that  is 
altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  i,  line  6,     "Aught  of  hope  or  joy  foretell?" 

James  Bowring  was  born  at  Exeter,  in  1792.  He  possessed  at  an  early 
age  a  remarkable  power  of  attaining  languages,  and  acquired  some  repu- 
tation by  his  metrical  translations  of  foreign  poems.  He  became  editor  of 
"  Tlie  Westminster  Reviezv"  in  1825,  and  was  elected  to  Parliament  in 
1835.  In  1849,  ^s  ■w^s  appointed  Consul  at  Canton,  and  in  1854,  was 
made  Governor  of  Hong  Kong,  and  received  the  honour  of  knighthood. 
He  is  the  author  of  some  important  works  on  politics  and  travel,  and  is 
the  recipient  of  several  testimonials  from  foreign  governments  and  socie- 
ties. His  poems  and  hymns  have  also  added  to  his  reputation.  His 
"  Matins  and  Vespers  "  have  passed  through  many  editions.  In  religion 
he  is  a  Unitarian. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

44.     "How  beauteous  are  their  feet  ^ 

Isaac  Watts  (1709) :  hymn  10  of  his  First  Book.    The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ; 
Barry ;  Irish ;  Singleton  ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Church ;  Islington ;  Windle ; 
Canterbury ;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref. 
Ch. 

45.     "As  with  gladness  men  of  old." 

William  Chatterton  Dix  (i860),  and  contributed  to  "Hymns  Ancient 
and  Modern"  (1861).  Sir  Roundell  Palmer  commends  this  hymn,  and 
takes  it  "as  a  proof  that  the  power  of  producing  good  hymns  is  not  want- 
ing in  our  own  times."     The  text  is  unaltered. 


40 


[nnotattons» 


William  Chatterton  Dix  was  born  at  Bristol,  in  1837.  Was  educated  at 
the  Bristol  Grammar  School,  and  trained  for  mercantile  life.  He  now 
resides  in  Glasgow  holding  an  appointment  in  a  Marine  Insurance  office. 
He  has  published  some  sacred  and  other  lyrics  in  "  The  Western  Daily 
Press"  and  is  the  author  of  a  small  volume  of  poetry. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry;  Sarum;  Single- 
ton ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bicker- 
steth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


46.     "  When  marshalVd  on  the  nightly  plaint 

Henry  Kirke  White  (d.  1806).  The  original  consists  of  six  verses,  two 
of  which,  the  third  and  fourth,  are  here  omitted.  The  text  of  the  remain- 
ing verses  is  altered  only  in  the  tenses  of  the  verbs ;  alterations  made 
necessary  by  the  omission  of  the  two  verses. 

Henry  Kirke  White  was  born  of  humble  parentage,  at  Nottingham,  in 
1785.  As  a  lad,  at  the  age  of  14,  he  was  a  weaver's  apprentice ;  a  year 
or  two  later  he  entered  an  attorney's  office.  Even  in  his  youthful  years, 
and  in  these  laborious  positions,  he  showed  his  natural  powers,  and 
acquired  considerable  local  reputation  for  his  poetical  gifts.  In  1802,  he 
published  a  volume  of  his  poems,  which  received  the  commendation  of 
the  poet  Southey.  At  first,  much  inclined  to  skepticism,  he  at  length  was 
led  to  a  religious  life,  and  was  possessed  with  a  desire  to  study  for  the 
Church.  He  went  to  Cambridge  for  that  purpose.  There  he  distin- 
guished himself,  but  his  naturally  feeble  constitution  gave  way  under  the 
severity  of  his  application,  and  he  died  October  19,  1 806,  in  his  twenty- 
first  year.  Southey's  memoir,  " The  Remains  of  Henry  Kirke  White" 
has  long  been  a  favourite  with  the  Christian  public. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  EUiott ;  Bickersteth ;  Rogers.  Also 
by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref  Ch. 


47.     "Sons  of  men,  behold  from  far" 

Charles  Wesley  (1739) ;  from  "Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems."  One  verse — 
the  second  in  the  original — is  here  omitted.  Other  alterations  will  appear 
by  comparison  of  the  following  original  lines  with  the  text : — 

Verse  2,  line  i,     "  Mild  He  shines  on  all  beneath." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  Nations  zM,  far  ^and  near." 

Verse  4,  line  2,     "  Pouring  eye-sight  on  your  eyes 
"    3,     "  God  in  His  own  light  survey." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum  ; 
Singleton  ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Islington ;  Chope ;  Bickersteth.  Also  by 
Presb.;   Bapt. 


Annotations.  41 

48.     "  Once  more  the  solemn  season  calls!' 
{Solemne  nos  jejunii^ 

From  the  Paris  Breviary.  This  translation  is  founded  on  John  Chand- 
ler's (1837);  rewritten  and  much  improved  in  "Hymns  Ancient  and 
Modern  "  (1861).     The  text  is  from  that  Hymnal,  unaltered. 

This  h}-mn  is  adopted  by  Mercer ;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  Church;  Chope; 
Morrell  and  How.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 

49.     "Forty  days  and  forty  nights!' 

George  Hunt  Smyttan  (1856);  first  appeared  in  the  "Penny  Post" 
(vol.  \a.,  p.  60),  under  "Poetry  for  Lent,"  and  contained  nine  verses.  It 
was  altered  by  the  author  in  1856,  and  appears  in  "Hymns  Attcient  and 
Modern  "  (1861),  from  which  the  text  is  taken.  One  verse — the  second  in 
A.  and  M. — is  omitted. 

George  Hunt  Smyttan  studied  at  Corpus  Christi  College,  Cambridge, 
and  graduated  B.  A.  1845.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1848,  Priest  in 
1849,  and  appointed  Rector  of  Hawksworth  in  1850.  He  has  pubhshed 
some  small  volumes  of  poetry. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.; 
Alford;  Hymnary. 

50.     "/«  viercy,  not  in  wrath." 

"  This  Metrical  Psalm  is  involved  in  a  little  uncertainty.    It  is  apparently 
from  John  Newton  (1779),  but  is  really  an  original  version."     {Bird) 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Barry. 

51.     "Thy  chastening  wrath,  0  Lord,  restrain." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696)  ;  Psalm  xxxviii. 

It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Church;  Islington. 

52.     "  Thou,  Lord,  by  strictest  search  hast  known!' 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxxxix. 

Adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Singleton; 
EUiott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Morrell  and  How. 

53.     "  Saviour,  when  in  dust  to  Thee." 

Robert  Grant  (1815) ;  and  appeared  in  the  "  Christian  Observer,"  under 
the  signature  of  "  E — y.,  D.  R."  After  his  death,  his  brother  pubhshed 
twelve  of  his  poetical  pieces  in  a  volume  entitled  "Sacred  Poems."     This 


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hymn  is  No.  2  of  that  collection.  Few  hymns  have  been  more  altered  in 
the  various  collections,  than  this.  The  late  Lord  Glenelg,  brother  of  the 
author,  greatly  complained  of  the  alterations  made  in  it.  "  Later  com- 
pilations, however,  generally  recur  to  the  beautiful  original."  {Bickerstetk) 
The  whole  of  the  original  hymn  is  given  below,  that  the  alterations  in  the 
text  may  be  seen. 


Saviour,  when  in  dust  to  Thee, 
Low  we  bend  th'  adoring  knee  ; 
When,  repentant,  to  the  skies 
Scarce  we  lift  our  streaming  eyes  ; 
O,  by  all  Thy  pains  and  woe. 
Suffered  once  for  man  below. 
Bending  from  Thy  throne  on  high. 
Hear  our  solemn  Litany  ! 

By  Thy  helpless  infant  years. 
By  Thy  life  of  want  and  tears. 
By  Thy  days  of  sore  distress 
In  the  savage  wilderness. 
By  the  dread  >nysterious  hour 
Of  the  ins!<ltin£- tempter  i  power; 
Tierfi,  O  turn  a  favouring  eye  ; 
Hear  our  solemn  Litany  ! 

By  the  sacred  griefs  that  wept 
O  er  the  grave  where  Lazarus  slept ; 
By  the  boding  tears  that  flow'd 
Over  Salem's  lov'd  abode  ; 


By  the  anguish'd  sigh  that  told 
Treachery  lurked  within  Thy  fold, 
From  Thy  seat  above  the  sky, 
Hear  our  solemn  Litany  ! 

By  Thine  hour  of  dire  despair. 
By  Thine  agony  of  prayer. 
By  the  cross,  the  nail,  the  thorn. 
Piercing  spear,  and  torturing  scorn^ 
By  the  glootn  that  veiVd  the  skies 
O  er  the  dreadful  sacrifice, 
Liste/i  to  our  humble  cry. 
Hear  our  solemn  Litany  ! 

By  Thy  deep  expiring  groan  ; 
By  the  sad  sepulchral  stone  ; 
By  tlie  vault,  whose  dark  abode 
Held  in  vain  the  rising  God ; 
O  !  from  earth  to  heaven  restored^ 
Mighty  reasceiided  Lord, 
Listen,  listen  to  the  cry. 
Of  our  solemn  Litany  ! 


Robert  Grant,  the  son  of  Charles  Grant,  an  eminent  philanthropist  and 
statesman,  was  born  in  1785.  He  studied  at  Magdalen  College,  Cam- 
bridge, graduating  in  1806.  He  became  a  member  of  the  English  bar  in 
1807;  entered  Parliament  in  1826;  made  Privy  Councillor  in  1831 ; 
appointed  Governor  of  Bombay  in  1834.  He  died  in  India,  July  g,  1838. 
He  published  some  works  on  the  government  of  India,  and  also  several 
hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K. 
Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Church 
Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted 
Bickersteth;  Hymnary ;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. 
Meth. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


54.     "  Sinners  !  turn,  why  will  ye  die  ?  " 

Charles  Wesley  (1741):  in  "Hymns  on  God's  Everlasting  Love."  The 
only  alterations  in  the  text  are,  that  the  word  "ye"  is  in  several  places 
substituted  for  "you;"  and  the  present  reading  of  verse  2,  line  4,  is  sub- 
stituted for  the  original,  which  is, — 

"  Died  Himself  that  you  might  live," 


This  hjnnn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 
Meth. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


Hymnary.     Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ; 


Annotations. 


55.     "My  soul  with  patience  waits." 


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Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxxx.  Rewritten  (1703).  "It  originally 
began  '  My  soul  does  with  impatience  wait.' "  {Bird.) 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Church; 
Islington. 


56.     "  Hozu  oft,  alas  !  this  wretched  heart." 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

Anne  Steele  was  born  at  Broughton,  Hampshire,  in  17 17.  Her  father 
was  a  merchant,  and  at  the  same  time  officiated  as  the  unsalaried  pastor  of 
the  Baptist  Society  at  Broughton.  Miss  Steele  was  delicate  from  child- 
hood, and  often  a  great  sufferer,  being  confined  to  her  room  much  of  her 
life.  She  devoted  the  profits  of  her  publications  to  charitable  objects. 
She  died  at  Broughton,  in  1778.  The  most  complete  and  accurate  edition 
of, her  poetical  works  is  that  of  Sedgwick  (London,  1863). 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref. 
Ch. 

57.     "  Aly  God,  permit  me  not  to  be." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709):  being  Hymn  122  of  his  Second  Book.  The  origi- 
nal has  four  verses,  of  which  the  last  is  omitted  in  this  collection.  The 
following  are  original  readings  of  altered  lines : — 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "And  lei  my  God,  my  Saviour  go?" 

Verse  3,  line  2,     "  One  sovereign  word  can  draw  me  thence." 

This  h)Tnn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk,;  Elliott.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

58.     "Hasten,  sinner!  to  be  wise" 

Thomas  Scott  (1773).  It  is  the  twenty-third  piece  in  his  "Lyric  Poems, 
etc."  and  has  four  verses.  Subsequently  it  appeared  in  "Rippott's  Selec- 
tion," with  the  metre  lengthened,  and  a  fifth  verse  added. 

The  following  are  original  readings  of  the  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  i,  Une  3,     "Longer  zuisdom  you  despise 
"   4,        Harder  is  she  to  be  won." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  Hasten,  sinner,  to  return." 

Thomas  Scott  was  bom  at  Norwich,  and  was  the  son  of  a  Dissenting 
minister.  After  his  education  he  began  his  ministerial  life  at  Wartmell, 
in  Norfolk,  adding  also  the  labours  of  school-teaching.     Subsequently  he 


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changed  his  pastoral  relations  several  times,  spending  the  last  years  of  his 
life  at  Hupton,  in  Norfolk,  where  he  died  in  1776.  He  was  tie  author 
of  some  prose  works,  several  poems,  and  a  few  hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Canterbury.     Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


59.     "  Sinner,  rouse  thee  from  thy  sleep." 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  (1826):  appearing  in  the  Prayer  Book  Col- 
lection.    The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Presb.;  Ref.  Ch. 


60.     '■'■  Have  7nercy,  Lord,  on  me" 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696):  Psalm  li.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble  ;  Mercer;  S.P.C.K.;  Barry; 
Singleton;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  Church;  Windle;  Claope ;  Morrell  and 
How;  Hymnary. 

61.     "^J  o^er  the  past  my  viemory  strays^ 

Thomas  Fanshaw  Middleton  {d.  1822).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

Thomas  Fanshaw  Middleton  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Thomas  Middle- 
ton,  and  was  born  at  Redelston,  Derbyshire,  in  1769.  He  studied  at 
Christ's  Hospital,  London,  and  afterwards  at  Pembroke  Hall,  Cambridge, 
where  he  graduated  with  honours,  in  1792.  He  was  ordained  in  1793, 
and  became  Curate  of  Gainsborough,  Lincolnshire.  He  became  Rector 
of  Tansor,  Northamptonshire,  in  1795.  In  1799,116  became  Curate  of  S. 
Peter's,  Mancroft,  Norwich,  and  in  1802,  Rector  of  Bytham,  Lincolnshire. 
He  took  his  degree  of  D.  D.,  at  Cambridge.  In  1812  he  was  made  Arch- 
deacon of  Huntingdon.  In  1811,  he  became  Vicar  of  S.  Pancras,  Lon- 
don. In  1 8 14,  he  was  appointed  the  first  English  Bishop  of  Calcutta, 
During  the  few  years  of  his  Episcopal  life,  he  did  much  in  the  study  of  the 
Oriental  tongues.  He  died,  July  8,  1822.  Bishop  Middleton's  most  cele- 
brated work  is  "  The  Doctrine  of  the  Greek  Article  applied  to  the  Criticism 
and  Illustration  of  the  New  Testament."  It  was  published  in  1808,  and 
posthumous  editions  have  been  issued. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Windle;  Palmer. 


62.     "  0  Thou  to  Whose  all-searching  sight." 

Translated  from  the  German  of  Gerhard  Tersteegen  {d.  1769)  by  John 
Wesley  (1739).     The  text  (from  Rogers'  "Lyra  Brilannica  ")  is  unaltered. 

Gerhard  Tersteegen  was  born  in  Westphalia.  His  father  was  a  trades- 
man.    Gerhard  was  in  his  early  years  a  ribbon-weaver,  but  he  rose  to  be 


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a  teacher  and  preacher.  He  was  well  known  as  a  philanthropist,  whose 
house,  called  the  "  Pilgrim's  Cottage,"  was  a  resort  for  multitudes  who 
sought  his  companionship  or  aid.  He  has  been  called  "  the  greatest  poet 
of  the  mystical  school  of  the  17th  and  iSth  centuries."     He  died  in  1769. 

John  Wesley,  the  son  of  Samuel,  and  brother  of  Charles  Wesley,  was 
bom  at  Ep worth,  June  17,  1703.  He  was  educated  at  the  Charterhouse, 
London,  and  at  Christ  Church,  Oxford.  He -became  a  Fellow  of  Lincoln 
College,  Oxford,  and  graduated  M.  A.  in  1726.  At  Oxford,  he  was  one  of 
the  small  band  consisting  of  George  WTiitefield,  James  Hervey,  Charles 
Wesley,  and  a  few  others,  who  were  even  then  known  for  their  piety ; 
they  were  deridingly  called  "  Methodists."  After  his  ordination  he  went, 
in  1735,  on  a  mission  to  Georgia.  The  mission  was  not  successful,  and  he 
returned  to  England  in  1738.  From  that  time,  his  life  was  one  of  great 
labour,  preaching  the  Gospel,  and  publishing  his  commentaries  and  other 
theological  works.  He  died  in  London,  in  1791,  in  his  eighty-eighth 
year.  His  prose  works  are  very  numerous,  but  he  did  not  write  many 
useful  hymns.  It  is  to  him,  however,  and  not  to  his  brother  Charles,  that 
we  are  indebted  for  the  translations  from  the  German. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble ;  Mercer;  Barry; 
Elliott ;  Alford ;  Islington  ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also 
by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


63.     "Lord,  in  this  Thy  mercy's  day'' 

Isaac  Williams  (1840) ;  from  "  The  Baptistery,  or  the  Way  of  Eternal 
Life,  in  Verse."  The  text,  which  is  from  Bickersteth,  varies  somewhat 
from  the  original,  as  will  be  seen  by  the  following  comparison. 

Lord,  in  this  Thy  Mercy's  day,  By  Thy  night  of  agony, 

Ere  it  pass  /or  aye  away,  By  Thy  supplicating  cry, 

On  our  knees  we  fall  and  pray.  By  Thy  willingness  to  die, 

Holy  Jesu,  grant  me  tears,  By  Thy  tears  of  bitter  woe 

Fill  me  with  heart-searching  fears,  For  Jerusalem  below, 

Ere  that  awful  doom  appears.  Let  us  not  Thy  love  forego. 

Supplication  on  tcs  pour,  ^ Neath  Thy  wings  let  us  have  place. 

Let  us  now  knock  at  the  door,  Lest  we  lose  this  day  0/  grace. 

Ere  it  close  for  evermore.  Ere  we  shall  behold  Thy  face. 

Love  of  God  shall  stand  alone, 
A  nd  that  love,  it  shall  be  known 
By  the  deeds  that  we  have  done. 

Isaac  Williams  was  bom  in  London,  in  1802.  His  father  was  a  barrister. 
The  son  studied  at  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  where  he  gained  the  prize  for 
Latin  verse.  He  graduated  B.  A.  1826,  M.  A.  1831,  and  B.  D.  1839.  He 
was  ordained  Deacon  in  1829,  and  Priest  in  1831.  His  clerical  appoint- 
ments were  Windrush  (1829),  S.  Mary  the  Virgin's,  Oxford  (1832),  and 
Bisley  (1842-1845).  He  was  Fellow  of  Trinity  College,  Oxford,  from  1832 
to  1842.     During  the  last  twenty  years  of  his  life  his  health  was  so  poor 


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as  to  permit  but  occasional  ministerial  services.  He  died  in  1865.  He 
was  the  author  of  some  prose  writings,  amongst  which  are  Nos.  80, 
86  and  87  of  the  "  Oxford  Tracts."  His  commentaries  are  favourably 
known.  He  also  published  quite  a  large  number  of  poems  and  hymns 
and  translations. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum  ;  Singleton ; 
A.  andM.;  Elliott;  Church;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How; 
Bickersteth;  Hymnary. 


64.     "My  sins,  my  sins,  my  Saviour!" 

John  Samuel  Bewley  Monsell  (1863);  from  his  "Hymns  of  Love  and 
Praise  for  the  Church's  Year."     The  text  is  unaltered. 

John  S.  B.  Monsell  was  born  at  Derry,  in  181 1.  His  father  was  Arch- 
deacon of  Derry,  and  Precentor  of  Christ  Church  Cathedral.  The  son 
studied  at  Trinity  College,  Dublin;  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1834,  and 
Priest  in  1835.  He  graduated  at  Dublin,  B.  A.,  1832  ;  LL.  D.,  1856. 
.He  was  Rector  of  Ramoan  and  Chancellor  of  the  diocese  of  Connor. 
Since  1853  he  has  been  Vicar  of  Egham.  He  has  published  several  works 
of  prose  and  poetry,  some  of  which  have  had  large  sale. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  People's. 


65.     "0  Thou,  from  Whom  all  goodness  flows '' 

Thomas  Haweis  (1792) ;  from  his  "  Carmina  Christo."  The  original  has 
six  four-line  verses,  and  has  not  the  Doxology  which  appears  in  the  text. 
The  following  are  original  readings  of  the  lines  which  are  altered : — 

Verse  l,  line  5,     "  When  groaning  on  my  burdened  heart." 
"    7,     "  My  pardon  grant,  Thy  peace  impart." 

Verse  2,  line  i,  "  Temptations  sore  obstruct  my  way." 

"    3.  "  Oh  give  me  strength.  Lord,  as  my  day." 

"    5,  "  Distressed  with  pain,  disease,  and  grief, 

"    6,  "  This  feeble  body  see!' 

Verse  4,  line  i,  "  The  hour  is  near ;  consigned  to  death 
"    2,        I  own  the  just  decree, 

"    3,  "  Saviour"  with  my  last  farting  breath, 
"    4,        /'// cry,  "Retnember  me'' 

Thomas  Haweis  was  born  at  Truro,  Cornwall,  in  1732,  and  was  edu- 
cated at  Christ's  College,  Cambridge,  where,  in  1772,  he  took  his  degree 
of  LL.  B.  He  was  Curate  at  Oxford ;  assistant  preacher  at  the  Lock 
Hospital,  London ;  Chaplain  to  the  Countess  of  Huntingdon ;  and  became 
Rector  of  All  Saints,  Aldwinkle,  Northamptonshire,  in  1764.  This 
incumbency  he  held  till  his  death  in  1820,  a  period  of  fifty-six  years.     He 


Annotations. 


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•was  one  of  the  founders  of  the  London  Missionary  Society.  He  was  the 
author  of  several  prose  and  poetical  works.  The  enlarged  edition  of 
^'Carmina  Christo"  published  in  1808,  contains  256  hymns  by  the  author. 
The  following  extract  from  the  preface  of  this  work  seems  very  applicable 
at  the  present  day : — "  Even  in  our  public  worship  the  voice  of  joy  and 
gladness  is  too  commonly  silent,  unless  in  that  shameful  mode  of  psalmody 
now  almost  confined  to  the  wretched  solo  of  a  parish  clerk,  or  to  a  few 
persons  huddled  together  in  one  corner  of  the  church,  who  sing  to  the 
praise  and  glory  of  themselves,  for  the  entertainment,  or  oftener  for  the 
weariness  of  the  rest  of  the  congregation — an  absurdity  too  glaring  to  be 
overlooked,  and  too  shocking  to  be  ridiculous." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble  ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ; 
Irish;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Islington; 
Marylebone ;  Windle  ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bicker- 
steth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


66.     "  0  gracious  God,  hi  Whom  I  live." 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760);  from  a  hymn  of  six  verses,  beginning,  "Alas, 
what  hourly  dangers  rise."  The  first  two  verses  of  the  original  are  here 
omitted.     Otherwise  the  hymn  is  unchanged. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Irish.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt. 


67.     "  Weary  of  earth,  and  laden  'with  my  sins." 

Samuel  John  Stone  (1866) ;  from  "Lyra  Fideliuvi :  Twelve  Hymns  on 
the  Twelve  Articles  of  the  Apostles  Creeds  "A  little  volume  of  merit 
and  importance."  (Bird:  "Songs  of  the  Spirit,  p.  595.")  The  original 
of  this  hymn  has  eight  verses,  of  which  two,  the  sixth  and  eighth,  are  here 
omitted.  Two  lines  in  the  verses  retained  are  altered,  the  original  read- 
ing as  follows : — 

Verse  3,  line  2,     "  Seems  evil  ever  with  me,  day  by  day." 

"    4,     "  Repent,  confess,  and  thou  art  loosed  from  all." 

Mr.  Stone  is  Curate  of  Windsor.  He  is  the  author  of  the  hymn  sung 
in  S.  Paul's  Cathedral,  Feb.  27,  1872,  at  the  service  of  Thanksgiving  for 
the  Prince  of  Wales'  recovery  from  sickness. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  Hymnary. 


68.     "  Christian  !  dost  thou  see  them" 

(Oi)  yap  pXeireig  rovg  rapaTTOvrac.) 

A  Greek  hymn  of  S.  Andrew  of  Crete  {d.  732),  translated  by  John 
Mason  Neale  (1862):  in  "Hymns  of  the  Eastern  Church''  The  text  of 
the  first  two  verses  is  that  of  Sarum,  and  differs  from  Neale's  translation 


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in  a  few  instances.     The  following  lines  are  from  Neale's  translation,  and 
can  be  compared  with  the  corresponding  lines  in  the  text : — 

Verse  l,  line  2,  "  How  the  troops  of  Midian 

"    3,  Prowl  and  prowl  around," 

"    7,  "  Smite  thein  by  the  merit 

"    8,  0/  the  holy  Cross." 

Verse  2,  line  7,     "  Smite  them  by  the  virtue 
"    8,        Of  the  Lenten  Fast." 

S.  Andrew  of  Crete  was  born  at  Damascus  about  the  year  66o.  He 
took  Orders  in  the  Church  at  an  early  age.  In  712,  he  took  part  in  the 
pseudo-Council  at  Constantinople,  by  which  the  Monothelite  heresy  was 
re-affirmed.  Afterwards  he  returned  to  the  Faith  of  the  Church.  Some  of 
his  poetical  books,  and  a  number  of  his  homilies  are  preserved.  He  died 
about  732. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.P.C,  K,;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  People's; 
Hymnal  Noted ;  Hymnary. 


69.     "Lord,  when  we  bend  before  Thy  throne'' 

Joseph  Dacre  Carlyle  (1805).  The  original  consists  of  three  eight-line 
verses,  and  appeared  first  in  "  Poetns,  suggested  chiefly  by  scenes  in  Asia 
Minor,  Syria,  etc."  This  hymn  is  one  of  three  religious  pieces  at  the  end 
of  the  volume.  The  second  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted.  The 
text  of  the  verses  retained  is  unaltered  except  that  line  3  of  verse  2  has. 
in  the  original,  "  then  "  instead  of  "  and." 

Joseph  Dacre  Carlyle  was  born  at  Carlisle,  in  1759.  He  became  Profes- 
sor of  Arabic  in  the  University  of  Cambridge,  in  1794,  and  afterwards 
Vicar  of  Newcastle-on-Tyne.  He  was  the  author  of  several  works.  His 
death  occurred  in  1804. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Bariy; 
Irish;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  ElHott;  Alford;  Church;  Isling- 
ton ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ; 
Rogers.     Also -by  Presb.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


70.     "  Weary  of  wandering  from  my  God." 

Charles  Wesley  (1749) ;  in  "Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems,  1749,  vol.  i."  The 
original  has  five  verses,  the  last  two  of  which  are  here  omitted.  The  text 
is  unaltered,  except  that  in  line  4  of  verse  I  the  word  "  Thee  "  has  been 
substituted  for  "Him"  in  the  original. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Elliott ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt. 


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71.     "  With  broken  heart  and  contrite  sigh." 

Cornelius  Elven  (1852) ;  "  written  with  other  hjcaxis  to  be  used  with  the 
Revival  Sermons,  then  being  preached  to  his  own  congregation."  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

Cornelius  Elven  was  born  in  1797,  and  is  a  Baptist  minister  at  Bury  S. 
Edmund's,  Suffolk,  where  he  has  been  for  forty-seven  years.  He  has  not 
published  any  works  in  prose  or  poetry,  but  has  contributed  numerous 
articles  to  periodicals. 

This  hjrmn  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


73.     "All glory,  laud,  and  honour." 

{Gloria,  laus  et  honor ^ 

A  hymn  of  S.  Theodulph,  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1851),  in 
"  The  Hymnal  Noted."  In  that  collection  there  are  eight  verses.  The 
text  has  but  six,  which  are  taken  from  " Hymns  A^icient  and  Modern." 
These  six  correspond  with  those  in  the  Roman  Missal.  It  is  somewhat 
altered  from  the  original  translation,  which  began  '■'Glory  and  laud  and 
honozir;"  the  change  in  this  line  by  the  compilers  of  A.  and  M.,  was 
acknowledged  by  Neale  to  be  an  improvement.  The  original  of  the  only 
other  verse  altered  in  the  text  is  the  following,  from  "Hymnal  Noted." 

Verse  5,     "Tliou  wast  hastening  to  Thy  Passion 

When  they  raised  their  hymns  of  praise ; 
Thou  art  reig7ting  in  Thy  glory 
When  our  melody  we  raise." 

The  hymn  is  said  to  have  been  written  by  S.  Theodulph  while  impris- 
oned by  the  Emperor  Louis  I.;  and  that  being  sung,  by  its  author  at  the 
prison  window  while  the  Emperor  was  passing  in  the  procession  on  Palm 
Sunday,  it  gained  for  him  his  liberty. 

Theodulph  is  said  to  have  been  bom  in  Italy.'  He  was  Abbot  in  a 
Benedictine  monastery  at  Florence,  but  on  the  invitation  of  Charlemagne 
removed  to  France,  where  he  died  Bishop  of  Orleans,  in  the  year  821. 
Theodulph's  hymns  were  thought  the  best  of  the  age  in  which  he  lived. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  A.  and  M.;  People's ; 
Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary. 


73.     "Ride  on!  ride  on  in  majesty  !" 

Henry  Hart  Milman  (1827);  appearing  in  "Hymns  adapted  to  the 
■weekly  Church  Service  of  the  Year"  published  by  the  \vidow  of  Bishop 
Heber  in  1827.  The  following  are  original  readings  of  lines  altered  in 
the  text : — 


so 


;nnotattons. 


Verse  l,  line  3,  ^^Tkitte  humble  beast  pursues  his  road." 

Verse  2,  line  4,  "  O'er  captived  death  and  conquered  sin." 

Verse  3,  line  2,  "  The  winged  squadrons  of  the  sky." 

Verse  4,  line  2,  "  Thy  last  and  fiercest  strife  is  nigh." 

Dean  Milman  was  the  youngest  son  of  Sir  Francis  Milman,  physician 
to  George  III.,  and  was  born  in  London,  in  1791.  He  was  educated  at 
Greenwich,  Eton,  and  Brasenose  College,  Oxford  ;  was  ordained  in  1817, 
and  appointed  Vicar  of  S.  Mary's,  Reading,  where  he  continued  till  1835. 
He  was  B.  A.  1813 ;  M.  A.  1816;  D.  D.  1849.  From  1821  to  1831,  he 
was  Professor  of  Poetry  at  Oxford.  From  1835  to  1849,  ^^  was  Rector  of 
S.  Margaret's,  Westminster,  and  became  Dean  of  S.  Paul's  in  1849.  In 
this  position  he  continued  till  his  death,  in  1868.  He  published  many 
prose  works,  some  of  great  value.  His  poetical  publications  were  also 
numerous. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Chope;  Morrell  and 
How;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer.  Also  by  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


74.     "  Glory  be  to  yesus." 

( Viva,  viva,  Jesu^ 

An  Italian  hymn  of  the  17th  or  i8th  century.  The  original  is  from 
"  Aspirazioni  Divote"  in  "  Eaccolta  di  Orazioni  e  Pie  Opere  Colle  Indul- 
gence" This  translation,  by'Edward  Caswall  (1858),  is  in  nine  four-line 
verses.  Three  of  these  are  omitted  in  the  text.  A  few  lines  are  also 
altered.     Their  originals  are  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "Which  from  endless  torment 
"   4,       Doth  the  world  redeem." 

Verse  3,  line  3,     ''^  Hell  with  terror  trembles, 
"   4,       Heaven  is  filled  with  joy." 

This  liymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Chope;  Hym- 
nal Noted ;  Hymnary. 


75.     "Now,  my  soul,  thy  voice  upraising," 

(Provie  vocem,  mens,  canoram.) 

Santolius  Maglorianus  (ab.  1650),  in  Paris  Breviary.  This  translation, 
founded  on  Chandler's  (1837),  is  by  Henry  Williams  Baker  (1861);  in 
"Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern."     The  text  is  unaltered. 


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Santolius  Maglorianus,  or  Claude  de  Santeul,  was  the  elder  brother  of 
Santolius  Victorinus,  and  was  born  at  Paris,  in  1628.  He  was  a  secular 
Ecclesiastic  at  the  College  of  S.  Magloire,  and  was  distinguished  for  his 
knowledge  of  church  history.  Some  of  the  most  beautiful  hymns  in  the 
"Paris  Breviary"  are  by  him.     He  died  in  1684. 

Henry  W.  Baker  was  born  in  London,  in  1821.  His  father,  Sir  Henry 
Loraine  Baker,  was  a  Vice-Admiral  in  the  navy.  His  son,  the  subject  of 
this  sketch,  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  where  he  gradu- 
ated B.  A.  in  1844,  and  M.  A.  in  1847.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in 
1844,  and  Priest  in  1846,  and  was  appointed  Vicar  of  Monkland,  Here- 
fordshire, in  1851.  He  is  the  author  of  two  or  three  devotional  books, 
but  the  work  which  has  given  him  the  widest  reputation  is  "Hymns  An- 
cie7it  and  Modern"  (1861),  "  Appendix"  {l%t^\  of  which  he  is  the  principal 
compiler.  Of  this  work,  it  is  said,  nearly  five  million  copies  have  been 
sold. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  A.  and  M.;  People's ;  Hymnal  Noted ; 
Hymnary. 

76,     "Hail,  Thoii  once  despised  Jesus!' 

John  Bakewell  (1760),  "It  was  first  pubUshed  in  'Madan's  Collection' 
in  1760;  it  was  inserted,  with  alterations,  in  '■Toplady's  Collection'  in 
1776.  In  Toplady's  edition  a  stanza  has  been  added,  borrowed,  with 
slight  variations,  from  Hymn  No.  97  of  James  Allen."  (Rogers'  "Lyra 
Britannica.")  But  Palmer  {"Book  of  Praise")  says,  "The  text  of  this 
hymn  is  given  from  '  Toplady's  Collection,'  published  in  1776,  the  original 
having  been  given  to  Toplady  by  the  author,  Mr.  Bakewell,  himself  It 
had  been  previously  published,  in  a  shorter  and  altered  form,  by  Martin 
Madan,  in  1760."  Miller  says  the  alterations  were  by  Toplady  "  to  accom- 
modate the  hymn  to  his  own  views."  The  text  is  that  of  Palmer,  unal- 
tered ;  but  the  last  verse  of  the  original  is  omitted,  as  in  most  collections. 

John  Bakewell  was  born  in  1721,  at  Brailsford,  Derbyshire.  He  began 
to  preach  in  1744.  Afterwards  removing  to  London,  he  became  acquainted 
with  the  Wesleys,  Toplady,  Madan  and  othei-s.  In  1749,  he  was  appointed 
a  local  preacher  by  the  Wesleys.  Subsequently  he  was  master  of  the 
Greenwich  Royal  Park  Academy.  In  his  advanced  years  he  retired  to 
Lewisham,  where  he  died  in  18 19.  His  tombstone  bears  the  record  that 
"  he  adorned  the  doctrine  of  God  our  Saviour  eighty  years,  and  preached 
his  glorious  gospel  about  seventy  years." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Barry ;  Mercer ;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  Peo- 
ple's ;  Windle;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Meth.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


77.     "  Who  is  this  that  comes  from  Edom." 

Thomas  Kelly  {1809);  from  the  3d  edition  of  his  "Hymns''  The 
original  has  five  verses,  of  which  the  fourth  is  here  omitted.  The  follow- 
ing are  the  original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 


C2  ^Annotations. 

Verse  i,  line  3,     "  To  the  slave proclahnmg  freedom," 

Verse  2,  line  5,     "  yesus  now  is  strong  to  save, 
"    6,       Mighty  to  redeem  the  slave." 

Thomas  Kelly  was  bom  at  Dublin,  in  1769.  His  father  was  the  Right 
Hon.  Chief  Baron  Kelly.  He  studied  at  Dublin  University,  taking  some 
honours.  He  was  designed  for  the  law ;  but  in  the  course  of  his  legal 
studies,  his  views  changed,  and  he  took  Orders  in  1792.  Somewhat  later 
he  became  dissatisfied  with  his  connection  with  the  Established  Church, 
and  left  it  and  founded  a  sect  which  bore  his  name.  He  was  a  man  of 
laro-e  and  varied  learning,  and  possessing  wealth,  was  able  to  work  inde- 
pendently. He  published  some  prose  works,  but  he  is  chiefly  known  for 
his  hymns.  The  seventh  edition  (1853)  of  his  ''■Hymins"  contains  no  less 
than  767  of  his  compositions.  Of  course,  in  so  large  a  number,  there  are 
many  degrees  of  excellence.     Kelly  died  in  Dublin,  May  14,  1855. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Mercer. 


78.     ^^  We  sing  the  praise  of  Him  Who  died!' 

Thomas  Kelly  (1815);  from  a  "■' Supplement"  to  his  4th  edition.  Sir 
Roundell  Palmer  says  of  this  hymn:  "It  is  distinguished  by  a  calm, 
subdued  power,  rising  gradually  from  a  rather  low,  to  a  very  high  key ;  I 
doubt  whether  Montgomery  ever  wrote  anything  quite  equal  to  this."  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Singleton ;  A. 
and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Chope; 
Morrell'and  How ;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Cong. 


79.     "  The  Royal  Banners  forward  go." 
( Vexilla  Regis  prodeuni!) 

Venantius  Fortunatus  (ab.  575) ;  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (185 1), 
and  rewritten  by  the  compilers  of  "Hyttins  Ancient  and  Modern"  (1861). 
It  "  was  written  for  the  occasion  of  the  reception  of  a  portion  of  the  Holy 
Cross  sent  to  S.  Radegund,  at  Poictiers."  {"Hymns  Ancietti  a7id  Modern, 
Annotated,"  p.  103.)  The  text  omits  one  of  the  verses  of  the  translation ; 
otherwnse  it  is  unaltered.  It  is  the  best  known  of  our  ancient  hymns  for 
Good  Friday ;  Neale  calls  it  "  one  of  the  grandest  in  the  treasury  of  the 
Latin  Church."  The  occasion  of  its  composition  makes  it  "  strictly  and 
primarily  a  processional  hymn,  though,  very  naturally,  afterwards  adapted 
to  Passiontide." 

Venantius  Honorius  Clementianus  Fortunatus  was  born  in  Venetia  about 
the  year  530.  He  studied  at  Ravenna,  and  trained  himself  to  oratory  and 
poetry.  About  the  year  565,  he  made  a  pilgrimage  to  the  tomb  of  the 
holy  Martin  at  Tours,  and  in  France  made  the  acquaintance  of  the  pious 


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53 


and  talented  Queen  Rhadegunda.  He  was  influenced  by  lier  to  remain 
in  that  country  and  enter  the  priesthood.  In  the  year  599,  he  became 
Bishop  of  Poictiers,  and  died  A.  D.  609.  His  sacred  hymns,  which  are 
mainly  the  preservers  of  his  name,  occupy  but  a  small  space  in  his  eleven 
books  of  verse. 

This  hymn  is  adopted,  with  considerable  variation  in  translation,  by 
S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Sarum  ;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Church;  MorreU 
and  How  ;  Hymnal  Noted  ;  Hymnary. 


80.     "  Behold  the  Lamb  of  God!  " 

Matthew  Bridges  (1848),  in  "  Hymns  of  the  Hearty  The  text,  which 
is  from  "Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern''  is  considerably  altered  from  the 
author's  version.  The  original  consists  of  seven  verses,  of  which  the 
third,  fourth  and  sixth  are  here  omitted.  The  following  is  the  original 
version  of  the  portions  retained  in  the  text : — 

Behold  the  Lamb  !     _  Behold  the  Lamb  ! 

O  Thou  for  sinners  slain,  All  hail,  Eter7ial'Wor6., 

Let  it  not  be  in  vain  Thou  everlasting  Lord, 

That  Thou  hast  died  :  Purge  out  ottr  leaven  ; 

Thee  for  my  Saviour  let  me  take,  Clothe  us  with  godliness  and  good. 

Thee,  Thee  alone  my  refuge  Jiiake,  Feed  us  with  Thy  celestial  /ood. 

Thy  pierced  side.  Manna  frotn  Heaven 

Behold  the  Lamb  !  Behold  the  Lamb  ! 

Into  the  sacred  flood  Worthy  is  He  alone 

Of  Thy  most  precious  blood  To  sit  jifion  the  throne 

My  soul  I  cast :  Of  God  above  ; 

Wash  me  and  make  me  pure  and  clean.  One  with  the  Ancient  of  all  days, 

Uphold  ine  through  life's  changeful  scene.  One  with  the  Paraclete  m  praise. 

Till  all  be  past.  All  Light,  all  Love. 

Accessible  information  concerning  the  author  of  this  hymn,  Matthew 
Bridges,  is  very  meagre.  The  sketch  of  him  and  his  writings,  by  the  Rev.  F. 
M.  Bird,  in  the  "Protestant  Churchman^  (Dec.  12,  1867,)  gives  no  data  of 
his  life,  except  that  in  1852  he  "lived  at  Chester  Hill  House,  Woodches- 
ter."  Mr.  Bridges  is  a  Roman  Catholic.  In  the  Preface  to  "  Hy77ins  of 
the  Heart,  for  the  use  of  Catholics^  he  expresses  regret  for  ever  having 
used  his  feeble  pen  against  that  Holy  Apostolic  Church,  which  by  Divine 
grace  he  has  latterly  been  able  to  join,  after  eight  years  spent  in  investi- 
gating her  claims.  He  has  written  quite  a  number  of  books.  Some  of 
his  hymns  are  very  beautiful. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  Hymnary. 


81.     "  See  the  destined  day  arise!' 

Richard  Mant  (1837).  It  seems  to  be  an  imitation  of  an  ancient  hymn, 
either  by  S.  Ambrose  or  Venantius  Fortunatus.  The  Rev.  F.  M.  Bird 
calls  it  the  second  best  of  the  author's   translations,    though  "  it  is  less 


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Annotations. 


a  translation  than  an  original,  based  upon  the  '  Pange  lingua  Gloriosi' 
and  another  Latin  hymn."  (^'Protestant  Churchman"  Oct.  3,  1867.)  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

Richard  Mant  was  born  at  Southampton,  in  1776.  He  studied  at  Win- 
chester School,  and  Trinity  College,  Oxford.  He  graduated  B.  A.  in 
1797,  and  M.  A.  in  1801.  He  received  the  Chancellor's  prize  for  an  English 
essay  in  1799.  I'^  1802,  he  commenced  his  ministerial  work  as  Curate  in 
Southampton.  During  the  few  succeeding  years,  he  made  several  changes, 
and  in  1810,  was  appointed  Vicar  of  Coggeshall,  Essex.  In  1811,  he 
preached  the  Bampton  Lectures.  He  was  appointed  domestic  chaplain 
to  the  Archbishop  of  Canterbury  in  1813,  and  in  1816,  was  made  Rector 
of  S.  Botolph,  Bishopsgate,  London.  He  was  made  Bishop  of  Killaloe 
in  1S20;  in  1823,  he  was  translated  to  the  See  of  Down  and  Connor,  and 
in  1842,  to  the  See-of  Dromore.  He  died  November  2,  1848.  He  was  a 
voluminous  writer.  Some  of  his  prose  works  are  of  considerable  value. 
He  also  wrote  numerous  poems  and  hymns.  "  Of  his  volume  of  'Ancient 
Hymns^  1S37,  despite  the  title,  nearly  one-half  consists  of  '  Original 
Hymns;'  in  interest  and  importance  they  are  far  above  his  translations. 
His  learning,  devoutness,  and  scrupulous  accuracy  of  mind,  leave  nothing 
to  be  desired  in  his  h3Tnns  but  lyrical  fire ;  and  the  few  in  which  this  is 
found  in  sufficient  degree  are  of  great  value,"  (F.  M.  Bird,  "  Songs  of  the 
Spirit"  1871.) 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  A.  and  M.;  Alford ;  Church ; 
Chope  ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary. 


82.     "  Bound  upon  the  accursld  tree." 

Henry  Hart  Milman  (1827);  in  "Heber's  Collection." 

The  following  are  original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text :: — 

Verse  2,  line  5,     "By  earth,  that  trembles  at  the  doom, 

"   6,       By  yonder  saints  who  burst  their  tomb, 
"    7,       By  Eden  promised,  ere  He  died." 

Verse  3,  line  4,     "  The  ghost  given  up  in  agony." 
"   6,     "  In  the  chamber  of  the  dead." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;   S.  P.  C.  K.;   Elliott;   Bickersteth; 
Palmer ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


83.     "  When  I  survey  the  wondrous  cross." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709) :  Hymn  7  of  his  Third  Book.  "  One  of  the  noblest 
hymns  in  the  English  or  any  other  language,  and  truly  classical  in  its 
expression."  (Schaff 's  "  Christ  in  Song,"  1870.)  One  verse,  the  fourth  in 
the  original,  is  omitted  in  this  as  in  most  collections.  The  text  is  unal- 
tered except  that  in  the  second  line  of  the  last  verse,  the  word  "  tribute" 
is  substituted  for  "present." 


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This  hjTTin  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford; 
thurch  ;  Islington  ;  Marylebone  ;  Windle  ;  Canterbury ;  Chope  ;  Morrell 
and  How;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary-;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb,; 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


84.     "  Sweet  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing." 

Walter  Shirley  (1760),  from  a  h>Tnn  of  James  Allen  (1757).  Allen's 
hymn  begins  "  IJ^hi/e  my  jfesiis  I'm  possessing"  and  is  in  the  coarsest 
vein  throughout.  It  may  be  found  in  Rogers'  ''Lyra  Britannica"  p.  664. 
Shirley's  hymn  consists  of  three  eight-line  verses ;  this  collection  has  three 
four-line  verses  from  Shirley,  and  a  fourth  verse  which  first  appeared  in 
"Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern"  in  1861.  The  text  of  Shirley's  verses  is 
altered  only  in  verse  3,  line  i,  where  "the"  is  substituted  for  ''Thy"  and 
in  line  4,  "beaming"  is  substituted  for  "floating." 

James  Allen  was  born  at  Yorkshire,  in  1734.  In  1751,  he  entered  S. 
John's  College,  Cambridge,  but  the  next  year  joined  the  followers  of 
Benjamin  Ingham,  and  became  an  itinerant  preacher.  He  subsequently 
joined  the  Sandemanians,  a  Scottish  sect.  He  published  a  small  volume 
of  his  hymns,  called  "Christian  So7igs"  and  was  the  editor  and  principal 
contributor  to  what  is  called  "  The  Kendal  Hymn  Book."     He  died  in  1804. 

Walter  Shirley  was  bom  in  1725.  He  was  the  friend  of  Whitefield  and 
Wesley.  After  preaching  with  great  success  in  England,  he  received  the 
living  of  Loughrea,  Ireland,  where  he  continued  to  exercise  his  ministry 
for  many  years.  His  last  sickness  was  of  a  lingering  character,  and  it  is 
related  of  him  that  when  no  longer  able  to  leave  his  house  he  used  to 
preach,  seated  in  his  chair  in  his  drawing  room,  to  many  who  gladly 
assembled  to  hear.  He  died  in  1786.  He  published  one  volume  of 
sermons  and  two  poems. 

This  h>Tnn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum  ; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  EUiott ;  Church;  Islington;  Windle;  Chope; 
Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong. ;  Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


85.     " '  Tis  finished ;  so  the  Saviour  cried." 

Samuel  Stennett  (1787) ;  in  "  Rippon's  Selection."  The  text  is  unaltered 
except  in  two  lines,  of  which  the  following  are  the  original  readings : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     " '  Tis  finished ;  yes,  the  race  is  run." 
Verse  2,  line  3,     "  Is  now  fulfill'd,  as  was  designed." 

Samuel  Stennett  was  bom  at  Exeter,  in  1727.  His  father  was  pastor 
of  a  Baptist  congregation  in  that  city ;  afterwards  of  the  Baptist  Chapel, 
Little  Wild  Street,  London.     In  this  latter  pastorate  the  son  succeeded 


^6  Annotations. 

the  father  in  1758.     He  died  in  1795.     Dr.  Stennett  was  the  author  of 
several  doctrinal  works,  and  a  few  hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Math.;  Bapt; 
Ref.  Ch. 

86.     "  Go  to  dark  Geihsemane." 

James  Montgomery  (1822) ;  in  the  "Leeds  Selection."  The  last  verse  of 
the  original  (commemorating  the  Resurrection)  is  here  omitted,  as  in  most 
collections.     The  text  from  ''Additional  Hymns"  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble  ;  Mercer  ;  S.  P.  C.  K. ;  Barry ; 
Irish  ;  Sarum  ;  Singleton  ;  A.  and  M. ;  Elliott ;  Alford  ;  Windle  ;  Canter- 
bury; Chope;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Bapt. 

87.     "  0  sacred  head  I  now  zuounded" 

(O  Haupt  voU  Blut  und  Wunden.)  • 

By  Paul  Gerhardt  (1656),  on  the  basis  of  S.  Bernard's  "Salve,  Caput 
Cruentatum"  (1153).  This  translation  is  by  James  W.  Alexander  (1849), 
for  Schaff's  "  KirchenfreundT  The  original  (Latin),  containing  five 
verses  of  ten  lines  each,  addressed  "ad  faciem  Christi  in  crnce  pendentis" 
is  the  best  of  Bernard's  seven  passion-hymns.  "  This  classical  hymn  has 
shown  an  imperishable  vitality,"  says  Schaff  ("  C//;Vj/  in  Song"  ^.  178),  "in 
passing  from  the  Latin  to  the  German,  and  from  the  German  into  the 
English,  and  proclaiming  in  three  tongues,  and  in  the  name  of  three  con- 
fessions, with  equal  effect,  the  dying  love  of  our  Saviour,  and  our  boundless 
indebtedness  to  him."  Alexander's  translation  consists  of  ten  eight-line 
verses,  of  which  the  second,  third,  fifth,  sixth  and  ninth  are  here  omitted. 
The  text  is  unaltered,  except  that  line  5  of  verse  3  reads  "Lord  of  my 
life,"  instead  of  "  My  Lord  of  life"  as  in  the  original. 

S.  Bernard — the  "  best  and  greatest  man  of  his  age  " — who  is  distin- 
guished as  S.  Bernard  of  Clairvaux,  was  born  in  Fontaine,  Burgundy,  in 
1091.  His  father  was  a  nobleman.  He  was  educated  at  the  University 
of  Paris,  and  entered,  at  the  age  of  22,  the  Cistercian  monastery  of  Citeaux, 
in  Burgundy.  By  means  of  the  remarkable  influence  over  others,  which 
afterwards  so  distinguished  him,  he  induced  his  five  brothers  and  several 
companions  to  enter  the  monastic  life.  At  the  age  of  25,  he  was  appointed 
Abbot  of  a  new  monastery  at  Clairvaux,  in  Champagne.  This  position 
he  continued  to  hold  though  high  preferment  was  repeatedly  offered  him. 
Kings  and  Popes  not  seldom  made  him  a  court  of  appeal,  and  yielded  to 
his  decisions.  Six  councils  of  the  church  are  attributed  to  him.  It  was 
through  his  persuasion  that  the  King  of  France  undertook  the  crusade  of 
the  year  1146.  Luther  calls  him  "the  best  monk  that  ever  lived."  He 
was  a  great  theologian,  following  Augustine  in  his  doctrines.  His  works 
are  numerous  and  varied  in  character.     He  died  in  11 53. 

Paul  Gerhardt  was  born  in  Saxony,  in  1606.  Studying  during  the  time 
of  the  Thirty  Years'  War,  he  did  noi  enter  upon  his  ministry  till  war  was 


at  an  end.  His  first  pastorate  was  at  Mittenwolde,  whither  he  went  in 
1651.  In  1657,  he  removed  to  S.  Nicholas'  Church,  Berhn.  There  he 
became  known  as  a  hymn-writer,  and  pubHshed  his  first  collection  in 
1666.  As  a  preacher  and  pastor  he  was  held  in  high  honour.  In  1666,  he 
was  deposed  from  his  spiritual  office  because  of  his  unyielding  adherence  to 
Lutheran  doctrine.  He  also  suffered  severely  from  domestic  bereavement. 
In  1668,  he  became  Archdeacon  in  Liibben,  Saxony,  where  he  remained  till 
his  death  in  1676.  He  left  123  hymns.  In  German  sacred  poetry  of  the 
older  school,  Gerhardt  ranks  next  to  Luther.  Schaff  terms  him  "the 
prince  of  German  hymnists."  His  hymns,  which  are  the  expression  of  a 
simple  but  sublime  faith  in  God,  combine  simplicity  with  depth  and  force. 
"  His  portrait,  in  the  church  of  Liibben,  bears  the  inscription,  '  Theologus 
in  cribro  Satanae  versatus;'  i.e.,  'A  divine  sifted  in  Satan's  sieve.'  " 

James  Waddell  Alexander  was  born  in  Louisa  County,  Virginia,  in 
1804.  He  graduated  at  the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  1820;  was 
appointed  tutor  in  the  same  in  1824;  pastor  in  Charlotte  Co.,  Va.,  1825  ; 
pastor  in  Trenton,  N.  J.,  1828;  editor  of  ^' The  Presbyterian"  in  1830; 
Professor  of  Rhetoric  in  the  College  of  New  Jersey  in  1833 ;  pastor  in 
New  York  in  1844;  Professor  of  Ecclesiastical  History  in  Princeton 
Theological  Seminary  in  1849;  pastor  in  New  York  in  1851.  He  died  in 
1859.     His  published  works  are  numerous  and  popular. 

This  hymn,  in  its  various  translations,  is  adopted  by  Mercer ;  Sarum ; 
Singleton ;  A.  and  M.;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Bickersteth. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


88.     "  Hark  !  the  voice  of  love  and  mercy T 

Written  (probably)  by  Jonathan  Evans  (1787);  in  "  Nippon's  Selection" 
and  entitled  "  Fiiiished  Redemption." 

Concerning  the  authorship  of  this  hymn,  see  Rogers'  ^^  Lyra  Britan- 
nica,"  p.  677.  Rogers  gives  five  verses  as  the  original ;  of  these,  the 
fourth  is  here  omitted.  Of  lines  altered  in  the  text,  the  following  are  the 
original : — 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  Do  these  charming  words  afford." 

Verse  4,  line  2,     "  Join  to  sing  the  pleasing  theme." 

"    4,     "  yoin  to  praise  Immanuers  //ame." 

Jonathan  Evans  was  born  at  Coventry,  in  1749.  He  was,  in  early  life, 
employed  in  a  ribbon  manufactory,  and  was  very  irreligious.  In  1778,  he 
was  converted,  and  joined  the  Congregationalists.  For  some  time  he 
preached  the  Gospel  in  the  opportunities  his  secular  employment  afforded. 
In  1784,  he  purchased  a  building  at  Foleshill,  and  there  began  his  stated 
ministry.     He  died  in  1809.     He  was  the  author  of  several  hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble ;  Mercer;  Barry;  Sarum; 
Singleton;  Elliott;  Islington;  Windle ;  Bickersteth;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


58  Annotations. 

89.     "  0  come  and  mourn  with  fue  awhile." 

Frederick  William  Faber  (1849)  :  from  his  "  Jestcs  and  Mary,"  consisting 
of  twelve  verses,  of  which  eight  are  here  omitted.  In  the  verses  retained 
there  are  some  alterations.  Thus,  in  the  last  line  of  each  of  the  first  three 
verses,  the  original  has  "  Jestis,  our  Love,"  instead  of  "  Jesus,  our  Lord," 
as  in  the  text.     Other  lines  altered  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "  See,  Mary  calls  us  to  her  side; 

"    3,        O  come  and  let  us  mourn  with  her." 

Verse  4,  line  3,     'M  broken  heart  love's  cradle  is ; 
"    4,        Jesus  our  Love,  is  crucified'' 

Frederick  William  Faber  was  born  in  181 5 ;  graduated  B.  A.  at 
Oxford,  in  1836;  was  a  college  Tutor  and  Fellow  for  some  years.  In 
1843,  he  entered  upon  the  living  of  Elton,  Huntingdonshire.  In  1846,  he 
became  a  Roman  Catholic ;  in  1849,  he  established  the  Brotherhood  of  the 
London  "  Oratorians,"  or  "  Priests  of  the  Congregation  of  S.  Philip  Neri." 
This  Oratory  removed  in  1854  to  Brompton,  where  Faber  died  in  1863. 
He  was  one  of  the  most  eminent  hymn-writers  of  this  century.  His 
hymns  are  full  of  beauty  and  fervent  devotion.  They  seem  to  have  been 
written  in  the  spirit  of  what  he  says  in  his  preface  to  a  complete  edition ; 
i.  e.,  "  It  is  an  immense  mercy  of  God  to  allow  any  one  to  do  the  least 
thing  which  brings  souls  nearer  to  Him." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum ;  A.  and  M.;  People's; 
Chope  ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary. 

90.     "  Resting  from  His  work  to-day. ' ' 

Thomas  Whytehead  (1842),  and  rewritten  in  '' Hymns  Ancient  and 
Modern"  (1861).  The  original,  which  is  more  of  a  poem  than  a  hymn, 
consists  of  seven  verses.  It  may  be  found  in  the  Preface  to  Biggs' 
"Annotated  Edition  of  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern"  (1867).  The 
present  version  may  almost  be  said  to  be  a  new  hymn.  The  text,  from 
A.  and  M.,  is  unaltered. 

Thomas  Whytehead  was  born  at  Thormanby,  York,  in  1815.  He 
studied  at  Beverly  Grammar  School,  and  S.  John's  College,  Cambridge ; 
graduated  B.  A.  in  1837,  and  M.  A.  in  1840.  He  received  various  honours 
at  the  University,  among  them  the  Chancellor's  medal  for  English  verse. 
In  1839,  he  was  appointed  Curate  of  Freshwater,  Isle  of  Wight.  In  1841, 
he  was  appointed  chaplain  to  the  Bishop  of  New  Zealand,  but  died  the 
next  year  after  reaching  Sidney.  One  of  his  last  works  was  to  translate 
Bishop  Ken's  "  Evening  Hymn  "  into  Maori.  The  few  works  which  he 
published  give  a  favorable  impression  of  the  piety  and  learning  of  their 
author. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  Singleton  ;  A.  and  M. ;  Chope.  Also 
by  Ref.  Ch. 


annotations.  59 

91 .     "  Pain  and  toil  are  over  now." 

Mrs  Cecil  Frances  Alexander,  wife  of  the  Bishop  of  Derry.  From  her 
"  Verses  for  Holy  Seasons"  (1840).  The  original  has  six  six-line  verses. 
The  h)^n  in  the  text  has  three  four-line  verses.  The  following  are  the 
original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  Bring  the  Roman's  dreaded  seal, 
"    4,       Bring  the  stanchest  sentinel." 

Verse  3,  "  Yea  with  morning's  purple  ray, 

Baffled  warriors  in  your  sight  » 

Shall  the  stone  be  roU'd  away, 
And  bright  angels  robed  in  white." 

Cecil  Frances  Alexander  is  the  daughter  of  Major  Humphreys  of  Stra- 
bane,  Ireland.  In  1850,  she  was  married  to  the  ^/v^^  William  Alexander, 
an  author  in  prose  and  poetry,  and  now  Bishop  of  Derry  Mrs  Alexan- 
der has  published  several  books,  of  which  -Hymns  for  Little  Children 
has  probably  had  the  largest  sale.  They  are  a  most  successful  and  beau- 
tiful exposition  of  the  doctrines  of  the  Church  Catechism.  (Vide 
"  Monthly  Packet,"  vol.  v.,  p.  20.) 

The  Editor  does  not  find  this  hymn  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 

93.     "All  is  o'er,  the  pain,  the  sorrow^ 

John  Moultrie  (1858).  The  original  has  twenty  verses.  (Vide  Mrs  C 
F.  Alexander's  "  Sunday  Book  of  Poetry ^  1864.)  The  verses  of  the  text 
are  the  first,  second,  third  and  tvyentieth  of  the  original.  The  lines  altered 
have  the  following  original  readings : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "  Human  taunts  and  fiendish  spite." 
"    5,     "Yet  once  more,  to  seal  his  doom, 
"    6,        Christ  must  sleep  within  the  tombT 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  Which  on  yonder  cross  He  bore." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  Close  and  stiU  the  cell  that  holds  Him." 

Verse  4,  line  i,     ''All  night  long,  with  plaintive  voicing, 
"    2,        Chant  His  requiem  soft  and  low  ; 
"    3,        Loftier  strains  of  loud  rejoicing." 

Mr.  Moultrie  has  published  quite  a  number  of  poems  and  hymns,  which 
have  received  warm  commendation  in  England. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry ;  Singleton  ;  Church ;  Chope  ;  Morrell 
and  How.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


6o  Annotations. 


93.     ■"  /  would  not  live  alway  ;  I  ask  not  to  stay." 

William  Augustus  Muhlenberg  (1824) ;  in  Prayer  Book  Collection  (1826). 
The  whole  poem  is  given  in  "  I  would  not  live  alway,  and  Other  Pieces, 
by  the  same  author"  (i860).  The  text  is  from  the  Prayer  Book  Collection, 
unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.  Alsoby  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.; 
Ref.  Ch. 

94.     "  God  of  tny  life,  O  Lord  most  high," 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  Ixxxviii.  The  text  has  been  revised  in 
recent  times. 

It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 

95.     " My  grateful  soul  shall  bless  the  Lord'' 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xvi. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 

96.     "  This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  show." 

Isaac  Watts  (1719);  a  part  of  his  metrical  version  of  the  17th  Psalm. 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Elliott ;  Alford ; 
Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

97.     "/^  is  not  death  to  die'' 

George  W.  Bethune.  From  his  '■'Lays  of  Love  and  Faith"  (1847). 
Based  on  the  French  of  Dr.  Caesar  Malan,  pastor  of  an  Independent 
Reformed  Church  at  Geneva.  This  hymn  was  sung,  by  his  own  direction, 
at  Bethune's  funeral.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

George  W.  Bethune  was  born  at  New  York,  in  1805.  He  was  at 
different  times  pastor  of  congregations  of  the  Dutch  Reformed  Church,  in 
Rhinebeck,  Utica,  Philadelphia  and  Brooklyn,  and  was  of  great  promi- 
nence in  that  Communion.  He  was  the  author  and  editor  of  numerous 
publications.     He  died  in  Florence,  Italy,  in  1862. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  R-ef.  Ch. 

98.     "  Christ  the  Lord  is  risen  to-day." 

Charles  Wesley  (1739).  The  original  has  eleven  verses.  The  first, 
second,  third  and  fifth,  form  the  present  hymn.  The  following  are  the 
original  readings  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — • 


flnnotattons*  6i 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  Fought  the  fight,  the  battle  won ; 
"    3,       Lo  !  otir  Sun's  eclipse  is  o'er, 
"4,       Lo  I  He  sets  in  blood  no  more'' 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "  Death  in  vain  forbids  His  rise." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.P.C.  K. 
Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum  ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford 
Church ;  Islington  ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  MorreU  and  How 
Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. ;  Meth. 
Bapt. ;  Ref.  Ch. 

99.     "  yesus  Christ  is  risen  to-day." 

Anonymous  (ab.  1750).  "It  has  been  traced  by  Sedgwick  to  a  school- 
book  of  sacred  history,  printed  at  Northampton  about  the  middle  of  the 
l8th  century,  written  by  one  C.  B.,  probably  a  friend  or  pupil  of  Dr, 
Doddridge."  {^^ Monthly  Packet"  vol.  iv.,  p.  318.)  Schaff  says  it  is 
"reproduced  from  a  Latin  hymn  of  the  15th  century,  which  exists  in 
different  forms.  ("  Christ  in  Song,"  p.  253.) 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  HaU ;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  Alford ;  Church ;  Islington ;  Mary- 
lebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury  |  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted ; 
Bickersteth;  Hymnaiy;  Palmer.     Also  by  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


100.     "At  the  Lamb's  high  feast  we  sing." 

{Ad  Regias  Agni  dapes) 

From  the  Roman  Breviary,  recast  from  a  hymn  of  S.  Ambrose.  Trans- 
lated by  Robert  Campbell  (1850),  in  his  "  Hymns  and  Anthems."  Largely 
altered  in  '' Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,"  from  which  the  text  is  taken. 
The  following  are  Campbell's  translations  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     "  Washed  our  garments  in  the  tide." 

"    6,     '' Gives  the  guests  His  hXood,  iox  ^mz." 
"    8,     '' Love  the  Victim,  Love  the  Friest." 

Verse  2,  line  5,     "  Christ  the  Lamb,  WTiose  blood  was  shed." 

Verse  3,  line  2,     "Powers  of  hell  beneath  Thee  lie ; 
"    3,        Death  is  conquered  in  the  fight." 

(The  last  four  lines  of  verse  third  are  new.) 

Verse  4,  "  Paschal  triumph,  Paschal  joy, 

Only  sin  can  this  destroy ; 
From  the  death  of  sin  set  free, 
Souls  reborn,  dear  Lord,  in  Thee. 
Hymns  of  glory,  songs  of  praise. 
Father,  unto  Thee  we  raise ; 
Risen  Lord,  all  praise  to  Thee, 
Ever  with  the  Spirit  be." 


62  Annotations* 

S.  Ambrose  was  born  in  Gaul  about  the  year  ^40.  He  studied  for  the 
bar,  in  Milan,  obtaining  distinction ;  and  was  appointed  Consular  Prefect 
of  the  province  in  which  Milan  was  situated.  In  the  year  374,  the  people 
of  Milan  chose  him  for  their  Bishop  by  popular  acclamation.  He  shrank 
from  the  high  responsibility  of  ecclesiastical  office,  and  even  fled_  the  city 
to  avoid  it.  But  at  last  he  accepted  it  to  conciliate  opposing  parties,  and 
thenceforth  gave  himself  unreservedly  to  the  work.  In  the  great  Arian 
controversy  of  that  day  he  took  strong  ground  against  the  heretics,  declin- 
ing to  yield  to  imperial  demand,  and  when  sentenced  to  banishment  for 
his  contumacy,  refusing  to  go.  He  also  disciplined  the  Emperor  Theo- 
dosius  for  permitting  the  massacre  of  the  Thessalonians.  Ambrose  died 
at  Milan,  in  397,  and  the  great  church  where  he  is  buried  is  called  Basilica 
Ambrosiana. 

To  Ambrose  is  attributed  the  introduction  of  the  singing  of  psahns  in 
the  Western  Church,  and  also  the  practice  of  antiphonal  or  responsive 
singing.  In  reply  to  some  who  charged  him  with  leading  away  the  people 
by  the  singing  of  hymns,  Ambrose  said,  "A  grand  thing  is  that  singing, 
and  nothing  can  stand  before  it.  For  what  can  be  more  telling  than  that 
confession  of  the  Trinity  which  a  whole  population  utters,  day  by  day  ? 
For  all  are  eager  to  proclaim  their  faith,  and  in  measured  strains  have 
learned  to  confess  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost."  The  Benedictine 
authors  attribute  only  twelve  hymns  to  Ambrose ;  other  hymns  are  called 
Ambrosian  because  they  are  evidently  of  his  school.  S.  Augustine,  in  his 
^'Confessions"  testifies  to  the  effect  of  the  hymns  and  music  introduced 
into  the  Church  of  Milan  by  Ambrose,  his  spiritual  father.  "  How  did  I 
weep,  O  Lord  !  through  Thy  hymns  and  canticles,  touched  to  the  quick  by 
the  voices  of  Thy  sweet  attuned  church  !  The  voices  sank  into  mine  ears, 
and  the  truths  distilled  into  my  heart,  whence  the  affections  of  my  devo- 
tions overflowed ;  tears  ran  down,  and  I  rejoiced  in  them." 

Robert  Campbell  was  an  advocate  residing  in  Edinburgh.  He  is  not 
much  known  as  an  author,  but  some  of  his  hymns  have  been  adopted  in 
several  hymnals.    He  was  a  Roman  Catholic.    His  death  occurred  in  1868. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A, 
and  M.;  Elliott;  Church;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted; 
Hymnary.     Also  by  Presb.;  Ref.  Ch. 

101.     ^'■Angels,  roll  the  rock  away  !  " 

This  hymn  "is  based,"  says  Dr.  Schaff,  "upon  an  older  and  longer 
hymn  of  Thomas  Scott  (who  published  104  '■Lyric  Poems  and  Hyittns^ 
'^lli)y  commencing  '  Trembling  earth  gave  aw f til  signs'  It  was  trans- 
ferred to  the  '  Warrington  Collection,'  in  seven  verses,  with  a  'Hallelujah' 
after  each  verse.  It  was  altered  by  Thomas  Gibbons  (a  Congregational 
minister  in  England,  1720-1785),  and  passed  through  various  transforma- 
tions." The  present  version  reads  almost  like  another  hymn.  The  text 
is  from  Singleton,  unaltered.  In  some  of  the  Hymnals  adopting  it,  the 
earlier  version  is  followed. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble  ;  Singleton ;  Windle.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Bapt.;   Ref.  Ch. 


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102.     "  Come  see  the  place  where  yesus  lay" 


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Thomas  Kelly  (1804).  Rewritten  in  "Ifymns  Ancient  and  Modern" 
(1861).     The  following  is  the  original  version  as  given  by  Kemble : — 

"  He's  gone  !  see  where  His  body  lay,  [Why  should  His  people  now  be  sad  ? 

A  prisoner  till  th'  appointed  day,  None  have  such  reason  to  be  glad, 

Released  from  prison  then.  As  reconcil'd  to  God. 

Why  seek  the  living  with  the  dead?  Jesus,  the  mighty  Saviour  lives  ; 

Remember  what  the  Saviour  said.  To  them  eternal  life  He  gives. 

That  He  should  rise  again."  The  purchase  of  His  blood. 

O  joyful  sound  !  O  glorious  hour  !  Why  should  His  people  fear  the  grave  ? 

When  Jesus,  by  almighty  power,  Since  Jesus  will  their  spirits  save, 

Reviv'd,  and  left  the  grave.  And  raise  their  bodies  too.  [fail  ? 

In  all  His  works  behold  Him  great !  What  though  this  earthly  house  shall 

Before,  almighty  to  create  !  Almighty  power  will  yet  prevail. 

Almighty  now  to  save  !  And  build  it  up  anew.] 

"  The  first  begotten  from  the  dead,"  Ye  ransom'd,  let  your  praise  resound, 

Behold  Him  riseUj  His  people's  Head,         And  in  your  Master's  work  abound. 

To  make  their  hfe  secure.  [breath.        With  strong  and  patient  faith  ! 

They  too,  like  Him,  shall  yield  their  Be  sure  your  labour's  not  in  vain  ; 

Like  Him,  shall  burst  the  bands  of  death  :  Your  bodies  shall  be  rais'd  again. 
Their  resurrection  sure.  No  more  to  suffer  death. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum;  A. 
and  M. 

103.     "The  strife  is  o'er,  the  battle  done  I" 
{Finita  jam  sunt  prcelia  !) 

A  hymn  of  the  I2th  century;  translated  by  Francis  Pott  (i860).  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

Francis  Pott  studied  at  Brasenose  College,  Oxford,  where  he  graduated 
B.  A.  in  1854,  and  M.  A.  in  1857.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1856,  and 
Priest  in  1857.  He  was  Curate  of  Bishopsworth,  Bristol,  1856  ;  of  Ard- 
ingley,  Sussex,  1858 ;  was  appointed  to  Ticehurst  in  1861 ;  and  is  now 
incumbent  of  Northill,  Bedfordshire.  Mr.  Pott  has  made  many  accepta- 
ble translations,  and  has  edited  "  Hymns  Fitted  to  the  Order  of  Common 
Prayer,  etc.;"  a  compilation  of  real  merit. 

This  hymn  is  adooted  by  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Hymnary.  Also  by 
Ref.  Ch. 


104.     "  yesus  lives  !  no  longer  now." 

(Jesus  lebt!  mit  Ihm  auch  ich.) 

Christian  Fiirchtegott  Gellert  (1757);  translated  by  Miss  Frances  Eliza 
beth  Cox  (1841)  in  "  Sacred  Hymns  from  the  German."  The  original 
German,  and  also  Miss  Cox's  translation,  each  contains  six  lines  in  every 
verse.     Miss  Cox  rewrote  her  translation  in  1864.     The  abridged  version 


64  Annotations. 

of  the  text  is  of  uncertain  origin,  but  has  been  in  popular  use  for  some 
time.  The  differences  between  the  text  and  Miss  Cox's  two  translations 
are  not  given.  (Vide  Bird's  "  Notes  on  Hyfnnody,"  in  "  Protestant  Church- 
man," Oct.  24,  1867.) 

Gellert  was  born  in  171 5,  in  Saxony,  where  his  father  was  minister  for 
fifty  years.  His  father  was  a  poet,  and  young  Gellert  early  developed 
poetical  tastes.  His  advantages  for  study,  were,  on  account  of  his  father's 
narrow  means,  somewhat  limited.  But,  with  a  desire  for  usefulness,  he 
made  the  most  of  his  opportunities,  and  taking  a  degree  in  the  Faculty  of 
Belles  Lettres,  he  acquired  the  right  of  giving  public  lessons  in  the  year 
1745-46.  His  lectures  on  poetiy  and  eloquence  were  very  popular.  He 
also  published  some  works  of  varied  character.  He  died,  greatly  beloved, 
in  1769.  Says  his  biographer,  "  Perhaps  no  grave  has  ever  been  watered 
with  so  many  and  such  sincere  tears."  Kiibler,  in  his  "  Historical  Azotes 
to  the  Lyra  Germanica"  (1865),  says  that  Gellert  "may  be  called  the  head 
of  a  new  school  of  German  hymn-writers,  during  the  middle  and  latter 
half  of  the  last  century,  in  whose  hymns  the  didactic  element  prevails, 
since  they  mostly  enforce  lessons  of  Christian  duty,  and  inculcate  religious 
doctrines." 

Frances  Elizabeth  Cox  shares  with  Catherine  Winkworth  the  honours 
of  being  most  successful  in  the  translation  of  German  hymns.  Her  "  Sa- 
cred Hymns  frorn  the  German"  (Pickering,  1841)  contains  forty-nine 
hymns,  original  and  translation  standing  opposite  each  other ;  and  eleven 
pages  at  the  en(J  devoted  to  brief  accounts  of  the  authors.  In  1863,  she 
published  an  enlarged  edition.  The  main  difference  between  her  transla- 
tions and  Miss  Winkworth's,  is,  that  she  always  retains  the  original  metre. 
For  an  interesting  article  on  Miss  Cox's  translations,  the  reader  is  referred 
to  Bird's  '■^ Notes  on  Hymnody"  in  the  '^Protestant  Churchman"  Oct.  24, 
1867. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  A. 
and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford  ;  Church ;  Chope ;  Hymnal  Noted ; 
Bickersteth;  Hymnary.     Also  by  Presb.;  Ref.  Ch. 


105.     "  The  day  of  resurrection."  • 

('Ayaoraffeuf  ijfiepa.) 

S.  John  Damascene  (ab.  760) ;  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1862) 
in  ''Hymns  of  the  Eastern  Church."  "The  original  is  the  hymn  of 
victory  sung  at  the  first  hour  of  Easter  morning,  when,  amid  general 
exultation,  the  people  were  shouting,  'Christ  is  risen!'  Its  intrinsic 
excellence  is  only  equalled  by  its  appropriateness  to  the  soul  stirring 
occasion.  The  Abbe  Migne  has  given  the  original  in  his  '  Curstis  Patro- 
logiae ;'  it  consists  of  twenty-seven  verses,  and  is  entitled  'EJf  ti]v 
KvpiaK^  Tov  ndcxa.' "  The  text  is  like  the  translation,  except  in  two 
lines,  of  which  the  following  are  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "  '  Tis  the  day  of  resurrection." 
"    6,     "  From  earth  unto  the  sky." 


Annotations.  65 

S.  John  Damascene  is  called  by  Gibbon  "the  last  of  the  Greek 
Fathers,"  though  others  make  John  Mauropus  (1060)  the  last.  Few  par- 
ticulars of  his  life  can  be  discovered.  Neale  places  his  death  about  780. 
He  had  versatile  talents ;  was  a  learned  and  eloquent  preacher,  a  pro- 
found student,  a  great  poet.  For  a  time  he  was  a  Priest  of  the  Church 
of  Jerusalem,  but  afterwards  retired  to  the  monastery  of  S.  Sabas,  between 
Jerusalem  and  the  Dead  Sea,  where  he  died  between  754  and  787. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Irish ;  Sarum  ;  A.  and  M.';  People's ;  Hymnal 
Noted ;  Bickersteth  ;  Hymnary. 

106.     "  Christ  the  Lord  is  risen  again .-'" 

{Ckristtts  ist  erstanden.) 

An  Easter  hymn  of  the  Bohemian  Brethren  in  the  15th  centurj',  trans- 
lated into  German  by  Michael  Weiss  (1531)  and,  after  him,  into  English 
by  Miss  C.  Winkworth  (1858)  in  "Lyra  Germanica"  Second  Series,  1862. 
One  verse  is  omitted.  The  following  are  the  originals  of  the  few  lines 
altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     "  Hark,  tJie  angels  shout  for  joy." 
Verse  6,  line  2,     "  Christ,  to-day  Thy  people  feed." 
"    4,     "  That  we  all  may  sing  for  aye." 

The  Bohemian  Brethren  were  the  remains  of  an  ancient  Slavonic 
Christianity  which  owed  its  origin  to  the  teaching  of  two  Greek  monks  in 
the  gth  century,  and  was  in  existence  before  the  papal  authority  and 
Roman  liturgy  found  their  way  to  Bohemia.  Throughout  the  Middle  Ages 
a  tacit  struggle  existed  between  the  two  elements.  When  the  Reformation 
began,  the  Bohemian  Brethren  were  among  the  first  to  hail  it.  As  early 
as  1522  they  sent  messengersto  Luther  offering  their  co-operation.  This 
Luther  declined;  but  later,  after  some  conferences  and  explanations,  he 
consented  to  receive  them  as  co-labourers.  They  afterward  generally  joined 
the  Zwinglians,  in  which  body  they  finally  disappear  from  the  page  of 
history,  although  the  modern  society  of  United  Brethren,  or  Moravians, 
may  be  regarded  as  an  offshoot  from  this  body. 

Michael  Weiss  was  born  at  Neisse,  in  Silesia.  He  was  a  pastor  among 
the  Bohemian  Brethren,  and  a  contemporary  with  Luther.  His  hymns 
have  received  commendation.     He  died  in  1540. 

Catherine  Winkworth  is  "  the  most  gifted  translator  of  any  foreign 
sacred  lyrics  into  our  tongue,  after  Dr.  Neale  and  John  Wesley ;  and  in 
practical  services  rendered,  taking  quality  with  quantity,  the  first  of  those 
who  have  laboured  upon  German  hymns.  Our  knowledge  of  them  is  due 
to  her  more  largely  than  to  any  or  all  other  translators  ;  and  by  her  two 
series  of  Lyra  Germanica,  her  Chorale  Book,  and  her  Christian  Singers  of 
Germany,  she  has  laid  all  English-speaking  Christians  under  lasting 
obligation."  (Bird's  "  Songs  of  the  Spirit,"  p.  235.) 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.C.  K.;  Barry;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott; 
Hymnary. 

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66  Annotations. 

107.     "'He  is  risen !  He  is  risen  !" 

Mrs.  Cecil  Frances  Alexander  (1846);  in  "Verses  for  Holy  Seasons^ 
The  original  has  five  verses,  of  which  two  are  here  omitted.  The  few 
lines  altered  in  the  text,  are,  in  the  original,  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  5,     '■^  Blood  can  wash  all  sins  away." 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "We  2.re  free  from  sin's  dark  prison." 
"    5,     "  And  a  brighter 'Ez.sitxhQz.m. 
"    6,        On  our  longing  eyes  shall  stream." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum ;  Singleton; 
People's ;  Canterbury ;  Church ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnary. 


108.     "Lift  your  glad  voices  in  triwnph  on  high." 

Henry  Ware  (1820);  appeared  first  in  ih.Q  "Christian  Disciple."  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

Henry  Ware  was  bom  at  Hingham,  Massachusetts,  in  1793.  His  father 
was  a  Unitarian  minister;  afterwards  a  Professor  in  Harvard  College. 
Young  Ware  graduated  at  Harvard,  studied  theology,  and  became  minister 
of  the  Second  Unitarian  Society,  in  Boston,  in  1817.  After  a  ministry  of 
twelve  years,  he  made  a  foreign  tour,  and  on  his  return  was  elected 
"Parkman  Professor  of  Pulpit  Eloquence  and  Pastoral  Theology"  in 
Harvard  College.  In  this  position  he  obtained  eminence.  He  died  in 
September,  1843.  His  collected  works  in  four  volumes,  were  edited  after 
his  death,  by  the  Rev.  Chandler  Robbins. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  People's.     Also  by  Meth.;  Bapt. 


109.     "  To  Him  Who  for  our  sins  was  slain." 

Arthur  Tozer  Russell  (185 1);  from  his  "  Psalms  and  Hymns."  The 
only  lines  altered  are  in  the  last  verse ;  the  third  line  of  which,  in  the 
original  has  "ye"  instead  of  "we,"  and  the  fifth  hne,  "and"  instead  of  the 
last  "  our." 

Arthur  Tozer  Russell  was  born  at  Northampton,  March  20,  1806.  He 
entered  S.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  in  1824,  took  the  Hulsean  Prize  in 
1825,  and  was  afterwards  elected  to  a  scholarship.  He  was  ordained 
Deacon  in  1829,  Priest  in  1830,  and  the  same  year  was  appointed  Vicar 
of  Caxton.  In  1852,  he  was  preferred  to  the  vicarage  of  Whaddon.  In 
1863,  he  removed  to  S.  Thomas',  Toxteth  Park,  near  Liverpool,  and  in 
1867,  to  Holy  Trinity,  Wellington,  Salop.  He  is  the  editor  and  author  of 
numerous  publications,  among  them  several  volumes  of  hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Palmer. 


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110.     "  Thus  God  declares  His  sovereign  will." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  ii.     The  text  was  subsequently  altered. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 

111.     "  Once  the  angel  started  back" 

(Ad  Regias  Agni  dapes!) 

John  Williams  (1845);  from  his  "Ancient  Hymns  of  Holy  Chtirch." 
The  original  has  eight  verses,  of  which  five  are  here  omitted.  The  lines 
altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  Dimly  shadow'd  in  time  pasty 
Verse  3,  line  l,     "  0  Thou  Victim  come  from  heaven." 

John  Williams  was  born  at  Deerfield,  Mass.,  in  1817;  graduated  at 
Trinity  College,  Hartford,  in  1835 ;  was  ordained  Deacon,  1838 ;  Priest, 
1 841;  Rector  of  S.  George's,  Schenectady,  N.  Y.,  1842;  President  of 
Trinity  College,  1848-1853  ;  Assistant  Bishop  of  Connecticut,  1851,  and 
sole  Bishop,  by  the  death  of  Bishop  Brownell,  in  1865.  He  has  edited  a 
number  of  works  of  value. 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 

112.     "  Joy  fills  the  dwelling  of  the  just" 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxviii. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K. 

113.     "Thou  art  gone  up  on  high." 

Mrs.  Emma  Toke  (18 51);  in  "Psalms  and  Hymns."  The  text  is  un- 
altered, r  <-,    J. 

Mrs.  Toke  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Nicholas  Toke,  Rector  of  Godmg- 
ton,  Ashford,  Kent.  The  present  hymn  (with  others)  was  written  at  the 
request  of  a  friend,  and  was  sent  anonymously  to  the  committee  of  the 
S.  P.  C.  K.,  when  they  were  arranging  their  Hymn  Book. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ; 
A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Windle;  Canterbury;  MorreU  and  How;  Bicker- 
steth ;  Hymnary ;  Pahner.    Also  by  Presb. 

114.     "Hail  the  day  that  sees  Him  rise." 

Charles  Wesley  (1739) ;  from  his  "Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems."  "  The 
most  popular  of  our  English  Ascension  Hymns."  (Biggs.)  The  original 
has  ten  verses,  of  which  the  third,  seventh,  ninth  and  tenth  are  here 


68  ^nntitatioit0» 

omitted.     But  two  lines  are  altered  in  the  text :  these  are  as  follows  in  the 
original : — 

Verse  2,  line  i,     "  There  the  pompous  triumph  waits." 
Verse  6,  line  l,     "  Grant,  though  parted  from  our  sight." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Sarum  ; 
Singleton;  A. andM.;  People's;  Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Marylebone; 
Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bick- 
ersteth;  Hymnary;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Meth.;  Bapt;  Ref.  Ch. 

115.     "Look,  ye  saints;  the  sight  is  glorious." 

Thomas  Kelly  (1809).  The  text  does  not  vary  from  the  original  except 
in  verse  2,  line  3,  where  "  on  "  is  substituted  for  "  in." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Barry ;  Windle ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Bapt;  Ref.  Ch. 

116.     " Crown  Him  with  many  crowns" 

Matthew  Bridges  (1848) ;  in  '■'■The  Passion  of  Jesus."  This  hymn  is 
entitled  "  The  Song  of  the  Seraphs."  One  verse,  the  fifth  in  the  original,  is 
here  omitted.     The  following  are  the  original  of  lines  altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  2,  line  6,  "As  of  that  Rose  the  stem." 

Verse  3,  line  3,  "  Rich  wounds,  yet  visible  above." 

Verse  4,  line  4,  "Absorbed  in  prayer  and  praise." 

Verse  5,  line  7,  "  Thy  praise  shall  never,  never  fail." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  People's; 
Hymnal  Noted ;  Hymnary. 

117.     "  Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead" 

Charles  Wesley  (1741);  in  John  and  Charles  Wesley's  "Collection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns."     The  text  is  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Sarum;  Single- 
ton; Elliott;  Islington;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

118.     "The  atoning  work  is  done." 

Thomas  Kelly  (1806) ;  The  only  alterations  in  the  text  are  in  verse  i, 
line  6,  where  "  He "  is  substituted  for  "And"  and  in  verse  2,  line  5,  where 
"  withstands"  is  substituted  for  "objects!' 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Sarum;  Islington;  Canterbury; 
Rogers.     Also  by  Cong. 


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119.     ^^The  rising  God  forsakes  the  tomb'' 

Isaac  Watts  (1706) ;  afterwards  rewritten  by  John  Wesley.     The  first 
verse  of  Watts'  original  begins  as  follows  : — 

"  He  dies,  the  Heavenly  Lover  dies." 

As  improved  by  Wesley  it  begins  thus : — 

"  He  dies,  the  Friend  of  sinners  dies." 

The  first  three  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.     The  altered 
lines  of  the  verses  retained,  are  as  foUows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  And  led  the  monster  death  in  chains." 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "  Then  ask  the  monster  where' s  his  sting, 

"    4,       And  Where's  thy  victory,  boasting  grave?" 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Windle;  Ishngton. 
Also  by  Presb.;'  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


120.     "  0  all  ye  people,  clap  your  hands." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xlvii.     Subsequently  altered. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble. 


121.     "Lift  up  your  heads,  eternal  gates." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xxiv.     Subsequently  altered. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Win- 
die ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How.     Also  by  Cong. 

122.  "  The  servants  of  Jehovah's  will." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  bcviii. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble. 

123.  "Behold  the  glories  of  the  Lamb." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709) ;  from  his  "Hymns."  This  is  said  to  have  been  his 
first  hymn  composed  for  use  in  public  worship.  The  original  has  eight 
verses,  of  which  the  third,  fourth  and  fifth  are  here  omitted.  There  are 
no  alterations  in  the  text  except  that  in  verse  i,  line  2,  "amid"  is  substi- 
tuted for  "  amidst." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Sarum ;  Chope ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt. 


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Annotations. 


124.     "  Stand  up,  my  soul,  shake  off  thy  fears.' 


Isaac  Watts  (1709);  from  his  ^^  Hymns."  The  third  and  fourth  verses 
of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The  only  lines  altered  in  the  text  are 
the  following,  which  in  the  original  read  thus : — 

Verse  l,  line  4,     "  Where  thy  great  Captain  Saviour's  gone" 
Verse  2,  line  3,    "  Thy  yesus  nail'd  them  to  the  cross." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


125.     "He's  come,  let  every  knee  be  bent" 

Anonymous.  "  From  a  very  curious  '  Specimen '  of  ten  hymns,  with 
music,  appended  to  a  sermon  by  Arthur  Bedford,  '^The  Excellency  of 
Divine  Music,'  1733.  This  is  probably  older,  but  I  have  not  traced  it 
further  back.  Six  verses  of  it,  altered,  are  in  John  Arnold's  '  Compleat 
Psaltnodist,'  third  edition,  1753 ;  and  four  (w.  i,  4,  5  and  6)  in  the  Amer- 
ican Prayer  Book  Collection."  (Bird's  "Songs  of  the  Spirit,"  p.  319; 
which  may  be  consulted  for  a  complete  version  of  the  hymn.)  The  follow- 
ing is  the  original  of  the  verses  adopted  in  the  text : — 

He's  come,  let  every  knee  be  bent,  Hail,  blessfed  Spirit !  not  a  soul 

All  hearts  new  jop>s  resume  ;  Bui  doth  Thy  goodness  feel ; 

Let  nations  sing^W-V  one  consent,  Thou  dost  our  darling  sins  control. 

The  Comforter  is  come.  And  fix  our  wavering  zeal. 

What  greater  gift,  what  greater  love.  Thou  to  the  conscience  dost  convey 
Can  God  on  man  bestow  ?  The  checks  that  all  must  know  ; 

'  Tis  half  the  angels'  heaven  above.  Thy  motions  ^rjif  do  show  the  way  ; 
A  nd  all  our  heaven  below.  Then  give  us  strength  to  go. 

This  h)rmn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


126.     "  0  Spirit  of  the  living  God." 

James  Montgomery  (1825);  from  his  "Christian  PsMmist."  The 
original  has  six  verses,  of  which  the  fourth  and  sixth  are  here  omitted. 
The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  the  last  line  of  the  fourth  verse,  where 
"people"  is  substituted  for  "kindred." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Singleton ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone  ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ; 
Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb.;  Meth.;  Bapt.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations. 


127.     "  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  Creator,  corned 


71 


One  of  the  translations  of  the  "Veni  Creator;"  probably  by  Nahum 
Tate,  being  from  the  ''^Supplement"  (1703)  to  his  "New  Versioti"  of  the 
Psalms.  The  original,  as  given  by  Bird  in  "Songs  of  the  Spirit"  p.  174, 
consists  of  four  eight-line  verses.  The  text,  which  is  unaltered  (except  in 
verse  i,  line  2,  "these"  is  substituted  for  "the"  and  in  line  4,  "be"  is 
substituted  for  "'is"\  comprises  the  first  two  verses  of  the  original. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Irish.     Also  by  Presb. 

From  Bird's  "Songs  of  the  Spirit"  some  notes  are  gathered  concerning 
this  famous  hymn,  the  "  Veni  Creator  Spiritus."  Its  authorship  is  un- 
certain. Daniel  ascribes  it  to  Charlemagne  {d.  814).  The  first  distinct 
mention  of  it  is  in  the  "  Historia  Delationis  S.  Marcidfi,"  A.  D.  898.  The 
Bollandists  in  the  "Acta  Sanctorum,"  in  the  life  of  Notker,  ascribe  it  to 
Charlemagne.  Daniel  says  that  the  action  of  the  Synod,  assembled  by 
his  authority  at  Aquisgranum,  in  8og,  on  the  doctrine  proposed  by  him 
concerning  the  procession  of  the  Holy  Spirit  from  the  Father  and  the  Son, 
moved  him  to  the  preparation  of  this  hymn,  and  that  it  was  probably 
written  by  him. 

Others  have  supposed  that  it  was  written  for  Charlemagne  by  Alcuin. 
Trench  says  it  "is  certainly  older." 

Mone  affirms  that  it  could  not  have  been  written  by  Charlemagne,  who 
was  not  sufficiently  master  of  the  Latin  language  to  write  it.  The  accen- 
tuation in  the  fifth  verse  betrays  an  acquaintance  with  the  Greek,  of  which 
Charlemagne  was  ignorant.  He  ascribes  it  to  Gregory  the  Great,  to  the 
style  of  whose  hymns  it  has  much  resemblance. 

Wackernagel  agrees  with  Mone  in  ascribing  it  to  Gregory  the  Great. 

The  sixth  verse  "Da  gaudiortwi  prcemia"  is  generally  conceded  to  be  a 
later  insertion. 

The  hymn  at  once  took  high  rank  among  the  Spirit  Hymns.  It  was 
appointed  to  be  used,  says  Daniel,  at  the  creation  of  a  Pope,  the  election 
of  a  Bishop,  the  coronation  of  Kings,  the  celebration  of  a  Synod,  the 
elevation  and  translation  of  Saints,  etc.  In  the  Breviary  it  is  appointed 
for  the  Vespers  of  Pentecost,  and  at  Terce,  in  commemoration  of  the 
descent  of  the  Spirit  upon  the  Apostles  at  that  hour.  It  was  among  the 
earliest  of  the  translations  at  the  Reformation  in  the  German  and  Anglican 
Churches,  and  appointed  for  use  both  in  the  Ordination  service,  and  on 
other  important  occasions. 

Bird,  in  the  "  Songs  of  the  Spirit"  gives  nine  translations  of  the  Veni 
Creator. 

The  following  is  the  original  of  the  hymn : — 

Veni  Creator  Spiritus,  Qui  Paraclitus  diceris, 

Mentes  tuorum  visita,  Altissimi  donum  Dei, 

Imple  superni  gratia  Fons  vivus,  ignis,  caritas. 

Quae  tu  creasti  pectora.  Et  spiritalis  unctio. 


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Annotations. 


Tu  septiformis  munere, 
Dextrse  Dei  tu  digitus, 
Tu  rite  promissum  Patris, 
Sermone  ditans  guttura. 

Accende  lumen  sensibus, 
Infunde  amorem  cordibus, 
Infirma  nostri  corporis, 
Virtute  firmans  perpeti. 

Hostem  repellas  longius, 
Pacemque  denes  protinus, 
Ductore  sic  te  praevio, 
Vitemus  omne  noxium. 


Da  gaudiorum  prsemia, 
Da  gratiarum  numera, 
Dissolve  litis  vincula, 
Adstringe  pacis  fadera. 

Per  te  sciamus  da  Patrem, 
Noscamus  atque  Filium 
Te  utriusque  Spiritum 
Credamus  omni  tempore. 

Sit  laus  Patri  cum  filio, 
Sancto  simul  Paraclito, 
Nobisque  mittat  Filius 
Charisma  Sancti  Spiritiis. 


Other  translations  of  the  Vetti  Creator  are  to  be  found  in  Hymns  129 
and  137,  of  this  collection. 

128.     "  Coitie,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove." 

Isaac  Watts  (1707).  The  original  has  five  verses,  of  which  the  fourth 
is  here  omitted.  The  altered  lines  of  the  text  are,  in  the  original,  as 
follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  Fond  of  these  trijiing  toys : 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "In  vain  we  tune  our ybrwa/ songs." 
"    3,        0\xx  soul?,  catt  neither  Jiy  nor  go." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry;  Irish; 
Singleton  ;  Elliott ;  Church ;  Islington  ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canter- 
bury; Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.; 
Bapt.;    Ref.  Ch. 


129.     "  Creator,  Spirit,  by  Whose  aid." 

John  Dryden;  "it  is  believed,"  says  Miller,  "late  in  life,  when  he  had 
become  a  Romanist."  "This  volume  probably  contains  nothing  grander 
than  Dryden's  paraphrase  of  Veni  Creator."  ("  Songs  of  the  Spirit,"  p.  164.) 
The  original  has  thirty-nine  lines,  not  divided  into  verses.  In  this  collec- 
tion fifteen  lines  are  omitted.     The  text  is  without  alteration. 

John  Dryden  was  born  at  Aldwinkle,  Northamptonshire,  August  9, 
1631.  He  was  educated  at  Westminster  School,  and  at  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge,  where  he  graduated  M.  A.  in  1657.  His  after  life  was  that  of 
a  poet  and  man  of  letters,  and  under  a  variety  of  external  circumstances. 
He  was  very  ready  to  adapt  himself  to  the  many  political  changes  of 
his  day.  He  died  May  i,  1700,  and  was  buried  in  Westminster  Abbey. 
Without  dispute  he  may  be  called  one  of  the  greatest  of  British  poets. 
His  published  works  are  very  numerous.  Sir  Walter  Scott  edited  them  in 
eighteen  octavo  volumes. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum ;  Singleton  ;  People's ;  Alford ;  Church  ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ; 
Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Bickersteth  ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb. ;  Ref.  Ch, 


Annotations* 


130.     "Lord  God,  the  Holy  Ghost." 


n 


James  Montgomery  (1819);  from  "  CotteriU's  Fsalms  and  Hymns."  It 
was  slightly  revised  by  the  author  in  1825.  The  text  is  without  alter- 
ations. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer ;  Canterbury ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


131,     "  Come,  gracious  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove!' 

Simon  Browne  (1720) ;  from  his  "Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs,  in  Three 
Books,  designed  as  a  Supplement  to  Dr.  Watts'^  It  is  headed  "  The  Soul 
Giving  itself  up  to  the  Conduct  and  Influence  of  the  Holy  Spirit!'  The 
original  has  seven  verses.  The  version  in  this  collection  has  numerous 
alterations,  and  the  last  two  verses  seem  to  be  made  up  of  transposed  por- 
tions of  the  third,  fourth  and  fifth  verses  of  the  original.  The  following 
original  of  the  first  five  verses  is  from  the  "  Songs  of  the  Spirit:" 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove,  Lead  me  to  God,  my  final  Rest, 

My  sin/ttl  maladies  remove  ;  In  His  enj'oymefii  to  be  blest. 

Be  Thou  my  Light,  be  Thou  my  Guide  ; 

O'er  every  thought  and  step  preside.  Lead  nte  to  Christ,  the  living  Way, 

Nor  let  me  from  His  pastures  stray  ; 
The  light  of  Truth  to  7ne  display.  Lead  jne  to  Heaven,  the  seat  of  bliss. 

That  I  may  know  and  choose  ^ny  way  ;       Where  pleasure  in  perfection  is. 
Plant  holy  fear  within  my  heart. 
That  /  from  God  may  ne  er  depart.  Lead  me  to  holiness,  the  road 

That  /must  take,  to  dwell  with  God  ; 
Conduct  me  safe,  conduct  me  "I  Lead  to  Thy  Word,  that  rules"! 

From   every  sin   and    hurtful  [^'°'"^'^-  A^^^sufT^directions    how   tof^'"'"^'*- 
snare ;  J  live.  J 

Simon  Browne  was  bom  at  Shepton  Mallet,  Somersetshire,  about  1680. 
He  began  to  preach  as  an  "  Independent "  before  he  was  twenty  years  of 
age,  and  was  soon  after  settled  at  Portsmouth.  In  1 716,  he  became  pastor 
in  London.  In  1723,  he  met  with  some  misfortunes,  which  preyed  upon 
his  mind,  and  produced  that  singular  case  of  monomania,  recorded  in  the 
text-books  of  Mental  Philosophy;  he  thought  that  God  had  "annihilated 
in  him  the  thinking  substance,  and  utterly  divested  him  of  consciousness." 
"Notwithstanding,"  says  Toplady,  "instead  of  having  no  soul,  he  wrote, 
reasoned,  and  prayed  as  if  he  had  two."  He  died  in  1732.  His  publica- 
tions number  twenty-three,  of  which  some  are  still  in  repute. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle ;  Canterbury ; 
Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt. 


74  Annotations, 


132.     "  Our  blest  JRedeemer,  ere  He  breathed." 

Harriet  Auber  (1829) ;  from  her  "  Spirit  of  the  Psalms''  The  original 
has  seven  verses,  the  third  of  which  is  omitted  in  this  collection.  The 
seventh  stanza  in  this  version  is  added.  The  only  line  altered  in  the  text 
is  the  fourth  in  verse  six,  which  in  the  original  reads  '^'^  And  worthier  Thee." 

Harriet  Auber  was  born  in  1773.  Her  life,  spent  mostly  at  Broxbourne 
and  Hoddesdon,  Herts,  was  a  quiet  and  secluded  one.  She  wrote  a  great 
deal  of  poetry,  a  large  portion  of  which  has  never  been  published.  Her 
only  published  work  is  that  referred  to.     She  died  in  1862. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish;  Sarum; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Marylebone ;  Chope;  Bickersteth;  Hym- 
nary.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


133.     "  Spirit  of  mercy,  truth,  and  love" 

Anonymous  (1775);  from  the  ''  Foundling  Hospital  Collection."  Alford 
in  his  "  Year  of  Praise"  attributes  this  hymn  to  R.  W.  Kyle;  but  Biggs 
{^'Monthly  Packet"  Oct.,  1867)  says  it  is  much  older.  The  lines  altered 
in  the  text  are  in  the  original  (see  "  Songs  of  the  Spirit"  p.  402)  as 
follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "  Shed  Thy  blest  influence  from  above." 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  Be  God's  eternal  praises  sung ; 

"    3,        Through  all  the  listening  earth  be  taught 
"    4,         The  acts  our  great  Redeemer  vfrou^ht." 

Verse  3,  line  2,     "  Over  Thy  favoured  Church  preside ; 

"    3,        Still  may  mankind  Thy  blessings  prove." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sarum;  A.  andM.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Chope; 
Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth.    Also  by  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


134.  "  The  Spirit  in  our  hearts^ 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  (1826) ;  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection.  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  People's ;  Alford ;  Bickersteth.  Also 
by  Presb.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

135.  "  Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come." 

Joseph  Hart  (1759);  from  his  "Hymns  Composed  on  Various  Subjects." 
The  original  has  nine  verses,  of  which  the  second,  fifth,  seventh  and  eighth 
are  here  omitted.  Lines  altered  in  the  text,  are  as  follows  in  the  orig- 
inal : — 


Annotations*  75 

Verse  l,  line  3,     "  Dispel  the  darkness  from  our  minds, 
"    4,       And  open  all  our  eyes." 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  And  kindle  in  our  breasts  the  Jlames." 

Verse  3,  line  4,     "  The  secret  Love  of  God." 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "  To  pour  fresh  life  on  every  part." 

Joseph  Hart  was  bom  in  London,  in  1712.  He  received  a  good  edu- 
cation, and  afterwards  for  a  time  devoted  himself  to  teaching.  But  he 
became  unsettled  in  his  religious  views,  dissipated,  as  he  calls  himself,  "  an 
audacious  apostate."  Subsequently,  thoroughly  changed  in  his  character, 
he  became  a  hymn-writer  and  preacher,  and  was  settled  over  the  "  Jewin 
Street  Independent  Chapel."  He  died  in  1768.  Belcher,  in  his  "Histor- 
ical Sketches  of  Hymns"  quotes  from  Dr.  Johnson  the  following  curious 
passage :  "  I  went  to  church ;  and  seeing  a  poor  girl  at  the  Sacrament  in 
a  bed  gown,  I  gave  her  privately  half-a-crown,  though  I  saw  Hart's  hymns 
in  her  hand." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Bany ; 
Singleton;  Elliott;  Alford;  Islington;  Windle;  Bickersteth;  Palmer; 
Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


136.     "  When  God  of  old  came  down  from  heaven" 

John  Keble  (1827);  from  the  '■'■Christian  Year"  The  original  has 
eleven  verses,  of  which  the  second,  fifth,  sixth,  eighth  and  tenth  are  here 
omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

John  Keble  was  bom  at  Fairford,  Gloucestershire,  April  25,  1792.  His 
father  was  Rector  of  the  neighbouring  parish  of  Coin  S.  Aldwyn.  The 
young  poet  was  educated  at  Corpus  Christi  College,  Oxford,  where  he 
graduated  B.  A.  in  1810,  and  M.  A.  in  1813.  He  received  a  fellowship  at 
Oriel  College;  was  appointed  public  Examiner,  1814-16,  and  in  1821-23  ; 
and  in  1831,  was  appointed  Professor  of  Poetry.  In  1825,  he  became 
Curate  of  Hursley,  near  Winchester,  but  soon  after,  on  account  of  sick- 
ness in  his  father's  family,  he  returned  to  Fairport,  where  he  resided  till 
1835.  He  then  became  Vicar  of  Hursley,  retaining  that  living  until  his 
death,  March  29,  1866.  To  the  re-erection  and  adornment  of  the  church 
at  Hursley,  he  devoted  his  property,  and  the  profits  of  his  most  popular 
works,  the  "  Christian  Year"  and  "  Lyra  Innocentium."  His  published 
works  are  very  numerous.  His  "  Christian  Year"  has  had  most  remark- 
able sale,  more  than  one  hundred  editions  having  been  published  in 
England.  It  may  be  safely  said  that  no  person  in  the  present  century  has 
exercised  a  wider  or  better  religious  influence  than  John  Keble. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Samm;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.; 
People's;  Elliott;  Chope;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Bapt. 


76  glnnotatfons, 

137.     "  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  our  souls  inspire." 

Veni  Creator.  Translated  by  John  Cosin  (d.  1672).  The  text  is 
unaltered  except  in  the  last  line  before  the  Gloria,  where  "unending"  is 
substituted  for 'VW/t'jj'."  The  following  note  is  from  Bird's  '^  Songs  of 
the  Spirit,"  p.  171.  "Cosin  was  a  native  of  Norwich,  and  scholar  of 
Caius  College,  Cambridge  ;  Prebend  of  Durham,  1624  ;  Rector  of  Brans- 
peth,  1626  ;  in  1660,  Dean  and  then  Bishop  of  Durham.  His  '  Collection 
of  Private  Devotions  for  the  Hours  of  Prayer,'  much  offended  the 
Puritans,  who  styled  it '  a  book  of  Cozening  Devotions.'  This  work  con- 
tains ten  short  hymns  (three  of  them  from  the  Latin),  which  are  supposed 
to  be  his.  This  one  is  found  Wiih.  '  Prayers  for  the  Third  Hour.'  At 
the  revision  of  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer  and  Offices,  in  1662,  it  was 
put  into  the  Ordinal,  whence  it  has  come  into  nearly  universal  use." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  EUiott;  Alford; 
Churcla ;  Islington ;  Windle  ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ; 
Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary  ;  Palmer.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 

138.     "Holy,  holy,  holy!  Lord  God  Almighty  !" 

Reginald  Heber  (1827).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S. P.C. K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church; 
Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope  ;  Morrell  and  How ; 
Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Ref.  Ch. 

139.     "  O  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord." 

James  Wallis  Eastburn  (d.  1819).     "  An  American  poet,  a  native  of  New  /v-'-H-' '(]" 

York,  he  is  best  known  as  a  colleague  of  Robert  C.  Sands  in  the  compo-  #«'/'/ 

sition  of  "  Ya?noyden,  a  Tale  of  the  Wars  of  King  Philip,"  published  in  /*" 

New  York  in  1820.    Some  interesting  particulars  concerning  Mr.  Eastburn  tS,*-*-  t^' 
will  be  found  in  Griswold's    ''Poets  and  Poetry  of  America,"  nth  ed.,         ^■ 
1852,  p.  213,  article,  Robert  C.  Sands."  {Alliborne's  Dictionary  of  Autltors.)         "  ' 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Presb.;  Bapt. 

140.     ''Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord." 

Christopher  Wordsworth  (1862);  from  the  "Holy  Year''  The  original 
has  eight  verses,  of  which  the  second,  sixth  and  seventh  are  here  omitted. 
Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "  And  when  Thy  i^^/^fj/j- «;-^  done." 

Verse  5,  line  3,     "  Godhead  One,  and  persons  Three, 
"    4,       Join  we  with  the  heavenly  host." 


Annotations. 


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Christoplier  Wordsworth — nephew  of  the  great  lake-poet,  William 
Wordsworth — was  born  in  1807.  He  was  educated  at  Winchester,  and  at 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  where  he  graduated  B.  A.,  with  high  honours, 
in  1830;  M.  A.  in  1S33;  D.  D.  in  1839.  He  was  elected  Fellow  of  his 
College  in  1830,  and  public  orator  of  the  University  in  1836;  received 
Priest's  Orders  in  1835  ;  head  master  of  Harrow  School  in  1836  ;  Canon 
of  Westminster  Abbey  in  1844;  Hulsean  Lecturer  at  Cambridge  in 
1847-48;  Vicar  of  Stanford-in-the-Vale,  Berks,  in  1850;  Archdeacon  of 
Westminster,  in  1865  ;  Bishop  of  Lincoln,  in  1868.  His  writings  are  nu- 
merous, and  some  of  them  very  valuable.  Most  of  his  works  are  in  prose. 
His  "Holy  Year  J  or.  Hymns  for  Sundays,  Holidays,  and  other  occasions 
throughotit  the  Year"  was  published  in  1865,  and  contains  127  hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum  ;  Morrell  and  How.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


141.     "  The  God  of  Abraham  praised 

Thomas  Olivers  (1772).  According  to  Rogers,  this  hymn  in  the  original 
consists  of  twelve  verses,  divided  into  three  equal  Parts.  The  verses  of 
the  text  are  the  first,  second  and  fourth,  of  Part  I.;  the  third,  of  Part  II.; 
and  the  second  and  fourth,  of  Part  III.  The  text  differs  from  the  corre- 
sponding verses  of  the  original  only  in  verse  4,  line  6,  where  "he"  is  sub- 
stituted for  "still." 

This  hymn  was  originally  published  with  sixty-nine  Scriptural  refer- 
ences, "  adapted  to  a  celebrated  air,  sung  by  Priest  Signor  Leoni,  at  the 
Jews'  Synagogue,  London."  Montgomery's  opinion  of  the  hymn  was 
that  "there  is  not  in  our  language  a  lyric  of  more  majestic  style, 
more  elevated  thought,  or  more  glorious  imagery.  Its  structure,  indeed, 
is  unattractive,  but  like  a  stately  pile  of  architecture,  severe  and  simple  in 
design,  it  strikes  less  in  the  first  view  than  after  deliberate  examination, 
when  its  proportions  become  more  graceful,  its  dimensions  expand,  and 
the  mind  grows  greater  by  contemplating  it." 

Thomas  Olivers  was  born  in  Tregonan,  Montgomeryshire,  in  1725-  His 
youth  was  one  of  profligacy,  but  under  the  ministry  of  Whitefield,  he  was 
led  to  a  change  of  life.  He  was  for  a  time  apprenticed  to  a  shoemaker, 
and  followed  his  trade  in  several  places.  In  1753,  John  Wesley  engaged 
him  as  an  assistant ;  and  for  twenty-five  years  he  performed  the  duties 
of  an  itinerant  ministry.  During  the  latter  portion  of  his  life  he  was 
dependent  on  a  pension  granted  him  by  the  Wesleyan  Conference.  He 
died  in  1799. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry; 
Irish;  Elliott;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Cong.;  Meth.; 
Ref.  Ch. 

142.     "  Father  of  heaven.  Whose  love  profound." 

John  Cooper  (1812).  "  This  is  the  first  hymn  in  '  CotteiilVs  Selection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns,'  of  which  several  editions  were  published  between 
1810  and  1819,  and  of  which  there  is  a  further  account  under  Thomas 


yS  Annotations, 

Cotterill.  The  name  J.  Cooper  has  been  given  to  this  hymn  in  MS.  in 
some  of  the  copies,  but  it  is  not  known  on  what  authority."  (Miller's 
"  Singers  and  Songs  of  the  Church,"  p.  446.)     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Isling- 
ton; Marylebone;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How; 
Bickersteth.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth. 


143,     "  We  give  immortal  praise." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).  The  original  has  in  verse  i,  line  I,  "/"  instead  of 
"  we,"  and  in  line  3,  "  my"  instead  of  "  our."  The  text,  with  these  excep- 
tions, is  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Single- 
ton ;  Elliott ;  Alford  ;  Church ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Bickersteth.  Also 
by  Presb.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


144.     "Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord." 

James  Montgomery  (1836).     The  text  is  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Alford;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong. 


145.     "  Holy  Father,  great  Creator." 

In  "  Hymns  for  Church  and  Home"  (1859).  This  hymn  is  ascribed  to 
Bishop  Griswold.     Its  date  and  text  are  uncertain. 

Alexander  Viets  Griswold  was  born  in  1767;  was  Rector  of  various 
parishes ;  Bishop  of  the  Eastern  Diocese,  and  Bishop  of  Massachusetts. 
He  died,  1843.     He  published  a  few  works. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Singleton. 


146.     "  Thou,  Whose  almighty  Word." 

John  Marriott  (1813).  The  text  varies  slightly  from  the  original  as 
given  by  Rogers,  who  says  it  is  from  a  MS.  supplied  by  the  author's  son. 
The  altered  lines  read  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  3,  line  4,     "  Move  o'er  the  waters'  face," 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "Blessed  and  holy 

"    2,       .^«</ glorious  Trinity." 

John  Marriott  was  a  son  of  the  Rev.  R.  Marriott,  D.  D.,  and  was  bom 
in  1780.  He  studied  at  Rugby,  and  at  Christ  Church,  Oxford,  where  he 
took  honours  at  the  examination  in  1802.     He  was  ordained  in  1803,  and 


annotations. 


79 


after  holding  various  curacies  was  appointed  Rector  of  Church  Lawford, 
Warwickshire.     He  died  in  1825. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Islington; 
Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth; 
Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Cong.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


147.     "  Welcome,  sweet  day  0/  rest." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).     The  lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the 
original : — 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  One  day  amidst  the  place 

"    2,        Where  my  dear  God  Jiath  been" 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "And  sit  and  sing  herself  away 
"    4,        To  everlasting  bliss." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Singleton;  Elliott ;  Isling- 
ton ;  Windle;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


148.     "Awake,  ye  saints,  awake." 

Miss  Elizabeth  Scott  (ab.  1769).  It  first  appeared  in  "DobelVs  Selec- 
tion" (1806),  but  was  altered  by  T.  Cotterill,  in  his  "Selection"  (1810). 
Verses  one  and  two  are  by  Cotterill ;  verses  three  and  four  are  by  Miss 
Scott,  except  the  last  two  lines  of  verse  four,  which  are  by  Cotterill.  The 
lines  altered  in  the  text  have  their  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  5,     "  Come,  bless  the  day  that  God  hath  blest." 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "  While  earth,  in  humbler  strains." 

"    5,     "  Worthy  art  Thou  Who  once  wast  slain." 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "  Gird  on,  great  God,  Thy  sword." 
"    4,     "  Maintain  the  glorious  war." 

Of  Miss  Elizabeth  Scott  but  little  is  known.  In  the  "  Christian  Maga- 
zine" December,  1763,  there  is  given  her  dedication  to  her  father,  the 
Rev.  Mr.  Scott,  of  Norwich,  of  her  MS.  poems.  Probably  she  was  a 
sister  of  Thomas  Scott,  of  whom  we  have  given  a  sketch.  Caleb  Evans 
gave  twenty-one  of  Miss  Scott's  hymns  in  his  "Collection"  (1769),  and 
John  Dobell  gave  fourteen  others  in  his  "  Selection  "  (1806). 

Thomas  Cotterill  was  born  in  1779;  studied  at  S.  John's  College,  Cam- 
bridge, graduating  M.  A.;  ordained  in  1806,  and  entered  upon  parochial 
work  at  Tutbury ;  afterwards  removed  to  Lane  End,  where  he  remained 
for  nine  years  among  the  Potteries;  in  1817,  became  perpetual  Curate  of 
S.  Paul's,  Sheffield.     He  died  in  18123.     He  was  the  author  of  several 


8o  Annotations* 

books ;  among  them,  "  A  Selection  of  Psalms  and  Hymns  for  Public  and 
Private  Use,  adapted  to  the  Services  of  the  Church  of  England.'^  In  the 
preparation  of  this  collection  (the  8th  ed.,  1819),  he  had  the  assistance  of 
Montgomery,  who  in  this  work  did  what  he  condemned  in  others,  viz.: 
altering  and  remodeling  other  authors'  hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Elliott ;  Ishngton.      Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Meth. 


149.     "Blest  day  of  God!  most  calm,  most  bright" 

John  Mason  (1683).  The  original  has  thirteen  verses,  of  which  eight 
are  here  omitted.     The  lines  altered  in  the  text  are  the  following: — 

Verse  i,  line  4,     "A  day  of  mirth  and  praise." 

Verse  2,  "  My  Saviour's  face  did  make  thee  shine, 

His  rising  did  thee  raise, 
This  made  thee  heavenly  and  divine 
Beyond  the  cotnmon  days." 

Verse  3,  line  l,     "The  first-fruits  do  a  blessing  prove." 
"    3,     "And  they  that  do  a  Sabbath  love." 

Verse  4,  "  This  day  must  I  for  God  appear; 

For,  Lord,  the  day  is  Thine  ; 
0  let  vie  spend  it  in  Thy  fear, 
TJun  shall  t/ie  day  be  Thine." 

John  Mason  studied  at  Clare  Hall,  Cambridge.  Taking  Orders,  he 
became  Curate  at  Isham,  Northamptonshire.  After  an  intermediate  pre- 
ferment, he  was,  in  1674,  promoted  to  the  Rectory  of  Water-Stratford, 
Buckinghamshire.  In  1683,  he  published  "  Songs  of  Praise,"  vi\iv^  has 
passed  through  many  editions.     He  died  in  1694. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Singleton  ;  Elliott ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ; 
Bickersteth,     Also  by  Presb.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


150.     "  Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King.'' 

Isaac  Watts  (1719).  The  fourth  and  sixth  verses  of  the  original  are 
here  omitted.  The  only  alterations  in  the  text  are  in  the  last  two  lines  of 
verse  3,  where  "  His  "  is  substituted  for  "  Thy,"  and  in  line  i  of  verse  4, 
which  in  the  original  reads  "  But  I  shall  share  a  glorious  part." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish ;  Elliott ;  Islington  ;  Marylebone  ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Bicker- 
steth; Palmer.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


[nnotations. 


8i 


151.     "  Great  God,  this  sacred  day  of  Thine!' 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760).  The  original  has  four  verses,  of  which  the 
third  is  here  omitted.  The  lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the 
original : — 

Verse  i,  hne  3,     "-May  we  ejyiploy  in  work  divine 

"    4,       These  solemn,  these  devoted  hours." 

Verse  2,  "Hence,  ye  vain  cares  and  trifies,fly; 

Where  God  resides  appear  no  more; 
Omniscient  God,  Thy  piercing  eye 

Can  every  secre't  thought  explore ; 
Oh,  may  Thy  grace  our  hearts  refine. 
And  fix  our  thoughts  on  things  divine" 

The  last  line  of  the  first  and  third  verses  has,  in  the  original,  "  which  " 
instead  of  "  what." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr,  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Marylebone.  Also 
by  Presb.;  Meth, 


153.     "In  loud  exalted  strains.' 

Benjamin  Francis  (1774) ;  sung  at  the  opening  of  the  Chapel  at  Horsley, 
Gloucestershire,  September  18,  1774;  in  "Rippon's  Selection"  {1787)- 
Some  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The  following  is  the 
original  version,  as  given  by  Bird,  of  the  verses  retained : — 


In  sweet  exalted  strains, 

The  King  of  Glory  praise  ; 
O'er  heaven  and  earth  He  reigns, 

Through  everlasting  days ; 
Fair  Salem,  still  His  chosen  rest. 
Is  -with  His  smile  and  presence  blest. 

,  Then  King  of  Glory,  come  ; 

And  with  Thy  favour  crown 
This  temple  as  Thy  dome. 

This  people  as  Thy  own  ; 
Beneath  this  roof  O  deign  to  show 
How  God  can  dwell  with  men  below. 


Here  may  Tliine  ears  attend 

Our  supplicating  cries ; 
A  nd  grateful  praise  ascend, 

All  fragrant  to  the  skies  ; 
Here  may  Tliy  word  melodious  sound 
A  nd  spread  celestial  joys  around. 

Here  may  th'  attentive  throng 

Imbibe  Thy  truth  and  love  ; 
And  co7iverts \ova.  the  song 

Of  seraphim  above : 
Till  all  who  humbly  seek  Thy  face  I  ^^^ 
Rejoice  in  Thy  abounding  grace.     ) 


Benjamin  Francis  was  born  in  Wales,  in  1734.  He  was  educated  at 
Bristol  College,  and  afterwards  became  a  Baptist  preacher,  exercising  his 
ministry  in  England,  though  at  first  quite  ignorant  of  the  English  tongue. 
He  was  very  popular  as  a  preacher.  He  died  in  1799.  He  was  the 
author  of  several  works,  of  no  great  value. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


82  Annotations, 


153.     ^^ Another  six  days'  work  is  done'' 

Joseph  Stennett  (d.  1713).  The  author  was  a  Baptist  preacher  in  Lon- 
don, from  1690,  till  his  death  in  1713. 

The  following  are  the  original  verses  corresponding  with  those  retained 
in  the  text : — 

Another  six  days'  work  is  done,  Th?V  heavenly  calm  within  the  breast ! 

Another  Sabbath  is  begun  ;  Is  the  dear  pledge  of  gloriotis  rest, 

Return,  my  soul,  unto  thy  rest.  Which  for  the  Church  of  God  remains, — 

Revere  the  day  thy  God  hath  blest.  The  end  of  cares,  the  end  of  pains. 

O  that  our  thoughts  and  words  may  rise     In  holy  duties,  thus  the  day 
As  incense  to  propitious  skies  !  In  holy  pleasures  melts  away  : 

At\A  /etch  from  heaven  that  sweet  repose.  How  sweet  a  Sabbath  thus  to  spend. 
Which  none  but  he  that  feels  it  knows.       In  hope  of  one  that  ne'er  shall  end  ! 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk . ;  Kemble ;  Marylebone ;  Windle 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt. 


'  154.     " Lord !  in  the  morning  Thou  shall  hear'' 

Isaac  Watts  (17 19).     The  text  is  without  alteration. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Barry;  Elliott;  Islington;  Windle. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


155.     "  As  panls  the  wearied  hart  for  cooling  springs." 

Robert  Lowth  {d.  1787);  Psalm  xlii.  Of  this  metrical  version,  three 
verses  are  here  retained.  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the 
original : — 

Verse  i,  line  4,     "So  thirsts  to  reach  Thy  sacred  resting-^lace." 

Verse  2,  line  i,     "  Yet  Thy  soft  mercies,  ever  in  my  sight." 

"    4,     "To  Thee /V/yb«(//j' tune  the  gratefullay." 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "In  His  bright  fane  thy  thanks  shall  yet  be  paid; 
"    4,        Unquestion'd  be  His  pity  and  His  love." 

Robert  Lowth  was  born  in  1710,  in  Winchester.  He  was  educated  at 
Winchester  School,  and  at  New  College,  Oxford ;  Professor  of  Poetry  in 
the  University  of  Oxford  in  1741 ;  Prebend  of  Durham,  1755  ;  Bishop  of 
S.  Davids',  1766;  translated  to  Oxford  the  same  year,  and  to  London, 
1777;  declined  the  Archbishopric  of  Canterbury,  1783.  He  died  in  1787. 
His  publications  were  numerous  and  important. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


Annotations. 


156.     "  Again  the  Lord  of  life  and  lights 

Mrs.  Anna  Letitia  Barbauld  (1773).  The  original  has  eleven  verses,  of 
which  the  first,  second,  third,  fourth,  sixth  and  eighth  are  retained  in  this 
collection,  though  their  order  is  somewhat  changed.  The  lines  altered  in 
the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  The  heathen  world  in  gloom." 

Verse  3,  line  2,     "  To  bind  His  soul  in  death." 
"    4,     "  With  His  expiring  breath." 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "  While  broke  beneath  His  powerful  cross." 

Verse  6,  line  I,     "  Ten  thousand  differing  lips  shall  join." 

Anna  Letitia  Barbauld  was  born  at  Kibworth-Harcourt,  Leicestershire, 
June  20,  1743.  Her  father,  the  Rev.  John  Aikin,  was  a  dissenting 
minister.  She  wrote  verses  at  an  early  age.  In  1773,  she  published  a 
volume  of  miscellaneous  poems,  of  which  four  editions  were  rapidly  sold. 
In  1774,  she  married  the  Rev.  Rochemont  Barbauld,  with  whom  she 
opened  a  school  for  boys,  at  Palsgrave,  Suffolk.  Her  leisure  hours  were 
devoted  to  composition.  At  the  time  of  his  death,  in  1803,  Mr.  Barbauld 
was  minister  at  Newington  Green.  Mrs.  Barbauld  continued  to  reside  in 
that  neighbourhood  till  her  death  in  1825.  Her  collected  works  were 
edited,  after  her  death,  by  Miss  Lucy  Aikin  (1825). 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer  ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Singleton;  Marylebone; 
Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;   Cong.;  Bapt. 


157.     "  Lord  of  the  worlds  above T 

Isaac  Watts  (1719).  Three  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted. 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Sarum  ; 
Singleton;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle ; 
Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


158.     "Tl/j/  opening  eyes  with  rapture  see." 

Sedgwick  ascribes  this  hymn  to  J.  Hutton.  "  I  cannot  trace  the  hymn. 
There  was  a  James  Hutton  in  1742,  and  a  John  Hutton  in  1754."  {Bird) 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Presb.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


g^  Annotations. 

159.     "  This  is  the  day  of  light." 

John  EUerton  (1868) ;  in  the  "  Appendix  to  Hynms  Ancient  and  Modern" 
The  text  is  without  aheration. 


This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. 


160.     "  0  day  of  rest  and  gladness T 

Christopher  Wordsworth  (1862);  in  the  "-Holy  Year''  The  fourth 
verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  A.  and 
M.;  People's;  Canterbury;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Ref.  Ch. 


161.     "  Far  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  begone'' 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).     This  is  a  medley  from  hymns  15  and  16  of  Book 
II.     The  following  is  the  original  of  the  corresponding  lines  in  the  text : — 

Far  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  begone  ;  When  I  can  say  my  God  is  mine. 
Let  my  religious  hours  alone :  When  I  can  feel  Thy  glories  shine. 

Fain  would  my  eyes  my  Saviour  see,  I  tread  the  world  beneath  my  feet, 

I  wait  a  visit.  Lord,  from  Thee.  And  all  that  earth  calls  good  or  great. 

My  heart  grows  warm  with  holy  fire.  Send  comforts  down  from  Thy  right  hand. 
And  kindles  with  a  pure  desire.  While  we  f  ass  thro'  this  barren  land  ; 

Come,  my  dear  Jesus,  frotn  above.  And  in  Thy  temple  let  us  see 
A  nd  feed  my  soul  with  heavenly  love.        A  glimpse  of  love,  a  gli7nj>se  of  Thee. 

This   hymn   is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.      Also  by  Presb.;    Cong.;    Meth,; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

163.     "Z^Z  me  with  light  and  truth  be  bless' d." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xliii.     The  text  is  unaltered. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Church. 


163.     "  To  Thy  temple  I  repair." 

James  Montgomery  (1812);  in  "  Collyer's  Collection."  The  last  half  of 
verse  one,  the  whole  of  verse  two,  and  the  last  half  of  verse  three  of  the 
original,  are  here  omitted.     The  text  of  the  verses  retained  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry; 
Singleton;  Alford;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Palmer.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations.  85 

164.     "Now  may  He  Who  from  the  dead." 

John  Newton  (1779).     The  text  is  without  alteration. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Irish ;  Marylebone ;  Palmer.    Also 
by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


165.     "Lord,  dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing." 

Walter  Shirley  (1774);  in  Harris'  "Collection  of  Hymns  for  Public 
Worship."  The  third  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted.  The  only 
lines  altered  in  the  text  have  their  original  as  foUows : — 

Verse  2,  line  5,     "Ever  faithful 

"    6,        To  the  Truth  may  we  be  found." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Singleton;  Elliott;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Can- 
terbury; Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

166.     "Almighty  Father,  bless  tlie  word!' 

Anonymous.     The  Editor  has  not  been  able  to  trace  this  hymn. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


167.  "Dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing.  Lord." 

Joseph  Hart  (i  762) ;  in  the  second  edition  of  his  "  Hymns :  Supplement." 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Islington ;  Windle.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

168.  "  May  the  grace  of  Christ,  our  Saviour." 

John  Newton  (1779).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Bicker- 
steth.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 

169.     "  Saviour,  again  to  Thy  dear  Name  we  raise." 

John  Ellerton  (186S) ;  in  the  "  Appendix  to  Hymns  Amient  aiui Modern.' 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  A.  and  M.;  Bickersteth;  Hym- 
nary. 


g5  ^nnotattoti0. 


170.     ''  Lord  of  the  harvest,  hear" 

Charles  Wesley  (1742);  from  his  third  volume  of  "Hymns  and  Sacred 
Poems''  Two  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The  lines  altered 
in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  The  harvest,  truly  Lord,  is  great." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  Convert  and  send  forth  more." 

"    3,     "  And  let  them  speak  Thy  word  of  power, 
"    4,        As  workers  with  their  God." 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "  Thine  universal  grace  proclaim." 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong. 


171.     "  Ye  servants  of  the  Lord." 

Philip  Doddridge  {d.  1751).  The  last  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omit- 
ted.    The  text  is  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble  ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry  ;  Sin- 
gleton; A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Marylebone; 
Windle;  Canterbury;  Bickerst^th;  Hymnary;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

172.     "Lord,  in  Thy  Name  Thy  servants  plead" 

John  Keble  (1856);  written  for  the  "Salisbury  Hymn  Book."  The 
original  has  five  verses,  of  which  the  first  and  fifth  are  here  used.  The 
second  verse  of  the  text  is  in  the  original  as  follows  : — 

"  So  grant  the  precious  things  brought  forth 
By  sun  and  moon  below, 
That  Thee  in  Thy  new  heavens  and  earth, 
We  never  may  forego'* 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.; 
Chope ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer. 

173.     "  Lord  spare  and  save  otir  sinful  race'' 

The  Editor  has  not  been  able  to  trace  this  hymn. 
It  is  not  adopted  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


S(nnotatCo«B.  87 

174.     "  Great  is  our  guilt,  our  fears  are  greats 

The  Editor  has  not  been  able  to  learn  the  authorship  of  this  hymn. 
It  is  not  adopted  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


175.     '■'From  all  Thy  saints  in  warfare,  for  all  Thy  saints  at  rest." 

Earl  Nelson  (1867).  Of  this  hymn  Miller  says :  "  An  appropriate  stanza 
is  devoted  to  each  of  the  numerous  saints,  for  whom  thanks  are  given,  ex- 
cept that  in  some  of  the  stanzas  two  saints  are  included.  The  arrange- 
ment of  this  hymn  was  suggested  by  a  hymn  in  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  S.  B. 
Monsell's  "Hymns  of  Love  and  Praised  The  noble  author,  with  a  view 
to  its  perfection,  accepted  hints  from  several  helpers.  The  object  was,  at 
the  same  time,  to  put  the  teachings  of  saints'  days  on  their  proper  footing, 
and  to  provide  a  good  hymn  on  the  teaching  of  the  day,  the  tune  of  which, 
being  always  the  same,  could  be  easily  learnt  by  school  children  in  agri- 
cultural parishes." 

The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  Bickersteth. 


176.     "  The  Son  of  God  goes  forth  to  war" 

Reginald  Heber  (1827).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Marylebone;  Windle; 
Chope ;  MorreU  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Pahner.  Also  by 
Ref.  Ch. 


177.     "  How  bright  these  glorious  spirits  shine." 

William  Cameron  (1781);  from  Watts'  41st  hymn.  First  Book.  It  is 
given  as  the  66th  of  the  Scotch  Paraphrases.  The  original  is  in  seven 
four-line  verses,  the  fifth  of  which  is  here  omitted.  The  only  alteration 
of  the  text  is  in  line  i  of  verse  3,  which  reads  in  the  original : — 

"  The  Lamb  which  dwells  amidst  the  throne." 

William  Cameron  was  bom  in  1751.  He  studied  at  Marischal  College, 
Aberdeen,  and  in  1785  was  ordained  minister  of  Kirknewton,  in  Mid 
Lothian.     He  died  in  1811.     He  was  the  author  of  several  works. 


88  Annotations, 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  Alford ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ; 
Palmer ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Cong. ;  Ref.  Ch. 


178.     "  0  Lord,  the  Holy  Innocents." 

The  authorship  of  this  hymn  is  unknown  to  the  editor. 
It  is  not  adopted  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


179.     "  Glory  to  Thee,  0  Lord:' 

Mrs.  Emma  Toke  (1853) ;  in  S.  P.  C.  K.  Hymnal.   The  text  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;    S.  P.  C.  K.;   Sarum;  Singleton;  A, 
and  M.;  Windle;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth. 


180.     "Behold  a  humble  train." 

The  editor  is  unacquainted  with  the  origin  of  this  hymn. 
It  is  not  to  be  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


181.     "Praise  we  the  Lord  this  day." 

Anonymous  (1846).  In  "  Hyimts  for  the  Festivals  and  Saints'  Days  of 
the  Church  of  England."  The  text  is  from  A.  and  M.,  but  the  lines 
altered  are  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  l,  line  l,     "Let  us  praise  God  this  day." 
"    4,     "  On  holy  saints  of  old." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  A.  and  M.;  Chope. 


Annotations.  89 

182.     ^^  Praise  to  God  Who  reigns  above." 

Richard  M.  Benson  (1861);  written  for  "  Hytntts  Ancie7tt  and  Modertt" 
from  whicli  the  text,  unaltered,  is  taken,  though  the  last  two  verses  of 
A.  and  M.  are  here  omitted. 

The  Rev.  R.  M.  Benson  is  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England,  and 
is  one  of  the  "Cowley  Brothers."  He  spent  some  time  in  1870-71  in  the 
United  States,  labouring  with  zeal  and  success  in  several  dioceses. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. 


183.     "  Lo  !  what  a  cloud  of  witnesses." 

Anonymous  (1781).     One  of  the  Scotch  Paraphrases  (No.  59).     Re- 
written in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection  (1826). 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


184.     "Not  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord!' 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).  The  text  is  from  the  Prayer  Book  Collection, 
slightly  altered.  The  original  hymn  by  Watts  has  six  verses,  of  which 
the  last  is  here  omitted.  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original  as 
follows : — 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "^w^God,  the  Judge  of  all  declares 
"    4,        Their  vilest  sins  forgiven." 

Verse  5,  line  I,     "  TJie  saints  on  earth  and  all  the  dead." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk,;  HaU ;  Kemble;  Canterbury.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Bapt. 


185.     "How  vast  must  their  advantage  be." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxxxiii.     The  text  is  unaltered. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K. 


186.     "For  the  Apostles'  glorious  company T 

William  Walsham  How  (1867) ;  from  his  "  Supplement:'  This  and  the 
following  hymn  (187)  are  parts  of  one  hymn,  consisting,  in  the  original,  of 
eleven  verses.  This  hymn  consists  of  verses  three,  four  and  five.  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

It  is  adopted,  undivided,  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum;  Bickersteth;  Rogers. 


Qo  Annotations. 

187.     ^''  For  all  the  saints,  who  from  their  labotirs  rest." 

William  Walsham  How  (1867).  See  note  on  the  preceding  hymn.  In 
the  original  the  latter  part  of  verse  2,  line  3,  reads  "their  Light  of  light" 
So  the  last  word  in  verses  I  and  6  is  "blest." 


188.     "  Come  let  us  join  our  friends  above." 

Charles  Wesley  (1759);  found  in  an  anonymous  tract  containing  forty- 
three  hymns,  and  entitled  "  Funeral  Hytnns,  London:  printed  in  the  year 
1759."  The  original  consists  of  five  eight-line  verses,  of  which  the  third, 
fourth,  and  last  half  of  the  fifth  are  here  omitted.  The  lines  altered  in 
the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "  That  have  obtained  the  prize." 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "  Part  of  His  host  hath  cross'd  the  flood, 
"    4,       And  part  is  crossing  now." 

The  last  verse  seems  to  be  a  substitute  for  Wesley's,  which  is  as  follows : — 

"  O  that  we  now  might  grasp  our  Guide ! 
O  that  the  word  were  given ! 
Come,  Lord  of  hosts,  the  waves  divide, 
And  land  us  all  in  heaven ! " 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry;  Alford; 
Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


189.     "Hark!  the  sound  of  holy  voices!' 

Christopher  Wordsworth  (1862).  The  text  is  but  slightly  altered.  In 
line  2  of  verse  i,  "o'er"  is  substituted  for  "at''  Two  lines  of  verse  2 
are  altered,  the  original  reading  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  King,  Apostle,  Saint,  and  Martyr, 
"    4,        Confessor,  Evangelist." 

This  h)min  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.; 
People's ;  Canterbury ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


190.     "  Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken'' 

John  Newton  (1779);  from  the  " Obiey  Collection''  The  original  has 
five  eight-line  verses,  sixteen  lines  of  which  are  here  omitted.  The  text  is 
unaltered. 


Annotations.  gj 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sanim;  Singleton;  People's;  Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Maryle- 
bone;  Windle;  Chope;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also 
by  Presb,;  Cong.;  Math.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


191.     "/  love  Thy  Kingdom,  Lord!' 

Timothy  Dwight  (1800).  The  third  and  fourth  verses  of  the  original  are 
here  omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

Timothy  Dwight  was  bom  at  Northampton,  Massachusetts,  in  1752. 
At  the  age  of  thirteen  years  he  entered  Yale  College,  and  graduated  in 
1769  with  distinguished  honours.  He  was  tutor  in  the  college  for  several 
years  succeeding  his  graduation.  In  1777,  he  began  to  preach  as  a  Con- 
gregationalist ;  became  an  army  chaplain;  in  1783,  was  settled  as  pastor 
in  Greenfield,  Conn.;  became  President  of  Yale  College  in  1795,  retaining 
this  position  until  his  death,  in  18 17.  His  pubUcations  were  very 
numerous.  ^ 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Alford.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


192.     "  Triumphant  Sion  !  lift  thy  head!' 

Philip  Doddridge  (d.  175 1).  This  hymn  is  somewhat  changed  by  alter- 
ations, omissions  and  transposition  of  the  text.  The  following  are  origi- 
nal lines  of  portions  altered : — 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  And  let  thy  various  charms  be  known : 
"    3,        The  world  thy  glories  shall  confess, 
"    4,       Deck'd  in  the  robes  of  righteousness!' 

Verse  4,  "  God  from  on  higb  thy  groans  will  hear. 

His  hand  thy  ruins  shall  repair; 
Nor  will  her  watchful  monarch  cease 
To  guard  her  in  eternal  peace." 

This  h5min  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref,  Ch. 


193.     "  God's  temple  crowns  the  Jioly  mount!' 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  Ixxxvii.     The  text  has  been  somewhat 
changed. 

It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


92  Annotations* 


194.     "  God  is  our  refuge  in  distress" 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xlvi.     The  text  is  without  alteration. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Barry;  Church;  Windle. 


195.     "Like  Noah's  weary  dove." 

William  Augustus   Muhlenberg  (1826);    in   Prayer  Book   Collection. 
The  text  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Alford.    Also  by  Bapt. 


196,     "  Tke  Lord,  ike  only  God,  is  great." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xlviii.     The  text  is  unaltered. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Church. 


197.     "  One  sole  baptismal  sign." 

George  Robinson  (1842);  in  Leifchild's  "Original  Hymns"  (1846). 
The  third  and  fourth  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The  only 
alteration  of  the  text  is  in  verse  i,  line  3,  which  reads  in  the  original, 

"  Zion,  one  faith  is  thine." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


198.     "  Head  of  the  hosts  in  glory  !  " 

Matthew  Bridges  (1848);  in  "Hymns  of  tke  Heart."  The  verses  of 
the  original  are  nine  in  number,  of  which  verses  one,  nine,  six,  seven  and 
five,  correspond  with  the  verses  of  the  text,  in  the  order  mentioned.  Lines 
altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     "  Thy  church  on  earth  below." 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "  In  triumph  round  and  round, 

"    4,       Wave,  wave  your  banners,  wave." 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "  At  Jesus'  pierced  feet." 

"    5,     "  Stretch  forth  yotcr  s\xY>^\{zni  3.na.z." 


Annotations.  '       93 

Verse  5,  line  I,  ^^  Holy  Apostles  !  beaming." 

"    3>  ''''From  diadems  of  power 
"    4,        Call  on  the  awful  Name." 

"    7,  "  In  every  \io\ixy 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Bapt. 


199.     "  With  joy  shall  I  behold  the  day" 

James  Merrick  (1763);  from  his  "■  Poems!'  Translated  from  a  spirit- 
ualizing paraphrase  in  Latin  by  George  Buchanan.  The  hymn  has  been 
much  abbreviated  and  altered  since  it  was  first  written. 

James  Merrick  was  bom  in  1720;  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Oxford, 
of  which  he  became  Fellow  in  1744;  took  Orders,  but  was  prevented  by 
poor  health  from  undertaking  parochial  duties.  He  died  in  1769.  He 
had  prominence  as  a  classical  scholar,  and  was  author  of  several  publica- 
tions, amongst  which  was  '■'The  Psalms  Translated  or  Paraphrased  in 
English  verse" 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Mercer. 


200.     " Pleasant  are  Thy  courts  above'' 

Henry  Francis  Lyte  (1834);  from  his  "Spirit  of  the  Psalms."  The 
text  from  Rogers  is  unaltered.  Bird  gives  the  original  of  line  8,  verse  i, 
as  follows : — 

"For  Thy  fulness,  God  of  grace." 

Henry  Francis  Lyte  was  bom  at  Kelso,  Ireland,  June  i,  1793.  He 
entered  Trinity  College,  Dublin,  in  1812,  where  he  graduated  with  honour. 
He  was  ordained  in  1815,  and  immediately  entered  upon  a  curacy  at 
Wexford.  In  1817,  he  removed  to  Marazion.  In  1819,  he  removed  to 
Lymington,  Hants.  He  was  subsequently  appointed  to  the  perpetual 
curacy  of  Lower  Brixham,  Devon.  He  died  at  Nice,  in  1847,  (while  on  a 
continental  journey,)  and  is  buried  in  the  'English  cemetery  there. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott; 
Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Morrell  and  How;  Bick- 
ersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb. 


201.     "Forth  from  the  dark  and  stormy  sky." 

Reginald  Heber  (1827).     The  text  (from  Palmer)  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;   Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Morrell 
and  How;  Palmer.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


94  Annotations* 

202.     "T/ie  CImrch' s  one  foundation" 

Samuel  John  Stone  (1866) ;  in  his  "  Lyra  Fidelium."  The  text  (from  A. 
and  M.)  is  unaltered ;  but  the  original  has  sixteen  more  lines,  and  reads  in 
line  I  of  verse  2,  "  She  is  from  every  nation." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K;;  A.  and  M.;  Hymnary. 


203,     "Thou,  God,  all  glory,  honour,  power." 

Verses  one  and  four  are  altered  from  a  hymn  by  John  Patrick,  D.  D. 
(ab.  1691-94),  appended  to  his  version  of  the  Psalms.  Verses  two  and 
three  are  anonymous. 

John  Patrick,  a  brother  of  Bishop  Simon  Patrick,  was  Prebendary  of 
Peterborough,  1685;  Precentor  of  Chichester,  1690;  and  preacher  at  the 
Charter-House,  in  the  Chapel  of  which  he  was  buried  on  his  death,  in 
1695.  His  "Psalms  of  David,  in  Metre,"  were  much  used  by  Presby- 
terians and  Independents  until  superseded  by  the  compositions  of  Watts. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Irish;  Sarum;  Alford. 


204.     "  To  yesus,  our  exalted  Lord." 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760).     The  last  two  verses  of  the  original  are  here 
omitted.     The  lines  altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  I,  line  2,     "Dear  name,  by  heaven  and  earth  adored." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "Yet  while  around  His  board  we  meet, 
"    2,        And  worship  at  His  glorious  feet." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble.    Also  by  Presb.;  Meth. 


205.     "My  God,  and  is  Thy  table  spread." 

Philip  Doddridge  {d.  175 1);  at  least,  the  first  three  verses  are  Dod- 
dridge's ;  the  last  two  are  either  his  or  based  upon  his.  In  verse  i,  line 
4,  the  original  has  "its"  instead  of  "Thy,"  and  in  verse  3,  line  4,  "sacred" 
instead  of  "holy."     Doddridge's  third  verse  is  here  omitted. 

"  This  is  inserted  as  a  Communion  Hymn  in  the  '  Prayer  Book  of  the 
Church  of  Englaftd!  It  was  introduced  by  a  University  printer  about 
half  a  century  ago.  He  was  a  Dissenter,  and  filled  up  the  blank  leaves 
at  the  end  of  the  Prayer  Book  with  hymns  he  thought  would  be  accept- 
able. The  authorities  did  not  interfere,  and  the  hymns  thus  took  their 
place."     {Miller^ 


Annotations, 


95 


Biggs  calls  this  "our  most  popular  and  very  beautiful"  sacramental 
hymn.  It  is  very  curious  to  notice  how  its  assertion  of  sacramental  doc- 
trine has  been  strong  enough  to  offend  some  Church  of  England  compil- 
ers.    In  Hall's  Collection,  verse  two  stands  thus: — 

"Hail,  sacred  feast,  which  Jesus  makes; 
Memorial  of  His  Flesh  and  Blood ! 
Blest,  who  with  lively  faith  partakes 
That  sacred  cup,  that  heavenly  food." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.C.K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  EUiott ;  Alford;  Church; 
Islington  ;  Marylebone ;  Windle  ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ; 
Bickersteth;  Pahner.     Also  by  Presb.;  Ref.  Ch. 


206.     "  And  are  we  now  brought  near  to  God?" 

Philip  Doddridge  {d.  1751);  that  is,  the  first  two  verses  are  his,  the  last 
two  are  possibly  his. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


307.     "  Bread  of  the  world,  in  mercy  broken'' 

Reginald  Heber  (1827).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;    Mercer;    S.  P.  C.  K.;   Irish;   Elliott; 
Alford ;  IsUngton ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


208.     "  Come  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).     The  text  is  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  EUiott;  Alford;  Church;  Islington;  Maryle- 
bone; Windle;  Canterbury;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Palmer; 
Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


209.     "  Bread  of  heaven,  on  tJiee  we  feed'' 

Josiah  Conder  (1824);  from  his  ''Star  in  the  East,  etc."  The  text  is 
changed  throughout  by  the  substitution  of  "we"  and  "our"  for  "/"  and 
"  ?ny."  The  last  four  lines  of  verse  two  are  also  altered — reading  in  the 
original  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     " '  Tis  Thy  wounds  my  healing  give. 
To  Thy  cross  /  look  and  live ; 
Thou,  my  life  I  0  let  me  be 
Rooted,  grafted,  built  on  Thee." 


q6  ^nnotaticins. 

Josiah  Conder  was  bom  in  London,  in  1789.  He  became  a  publisher, 
and  in  1814  became  proprietor  of  "The  Eclectic  Reviezv."  Subsequently 
to  1824,  he  composed  a  series  of  descriptive  works,  called  the  "Modern 
Traveller"  which  appeared  in  thirty  volumes.  He  also  published  several 
volumes  of  poems  and  hymns.  He  was  the  author  of  the  first  "  Congre- 
gational Hymn  Book"  (1836).     He  died  in  1855. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P,  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Sarum  ;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott ; 
Alford;  Church;  Islington;  Windle;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb,;  Cong.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


210.     "  Shepherd  of  souls,  refresh  and  bless." 

"  This  is  doubtless  Charles  Wesley's,  but  I  cannot  trace  it  as  yet,  though 
I  have  all  his  works."   {Bird.) 

This  hymn  is  not  to  be  found  in  any  of  the  Hymnals  examined. 


211.     "According  to  Thy  gracious  word." 

James  Montgomery  (1825);  from  his  "  Christian  Psalmist."  The  lines 
altered  in  the  text  read  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  Thy  testamental  cup  I  take." 
Verse  3,  line  l,     "  Gethsemane  can  I  forget  ?  " 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Single- 
ton ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope  ;  IVl^orrell  and  How ; 
Bickersteth,     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


212.     "The gentle  Saviour  calls" 

From  a  hymn  by  Philip  Doddridge  (No.  198  in  his  Collection).  The 
text  is  like  that  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection,  by  which  alone,  of  the 
Hymnals  examined,  this  hymn  is  adopted. 


213.     "Saviour,  Who  Thy  flock  art  feeding'' 

William  Augustus  Muhlenbei-g  (1826);  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection. 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Single- 
ton; People's;  Elliott;  Church;  Windle;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations.  97 

214.     "/»  token  that  thou  shalt  not  fear T 

Henry  Alford  (1832);  in  his  "Psalms  and  Hymns"  (1844).  The  text 
(from  the  author's  "  Year  of  Praise  ")  is  unaltered. 

Henry  Alford  was  born  in  London,  in  18 10.  He  studied  at  Ilmin- 
ster  Grammar  School,  Somerset,  and  afterwards  at  Trinity  College, 
Cambridge;  he  graduated  B.  A.  1832,  M.  A.  1835,  B.  D.  1849.  In  1834, 
he  became  Fellow  of  Trinity  College,  and  from  1835  to  1853,  he  held 
the  living  of  Wymeswold,  Leicestershire.  He  was  Hulsean  Lecturer  in 
1841-42.  From  1853  to  1857,  he  was  minister  of  Quebec  Street  Chapel, 
London;  in  1857,  he  became  Dean  of  Canterbury.  He  died  in  1871. 
Dean  Alford  is  favourably  known  by  his  poems  and  hymns,  his  sermons, 
and  especially  by  his  commentary  on  the  Greek  Testament. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Mercer;  S.  B.C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Windle; 
Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer. 


315.     "Dear  Saviour,  if  these  lambs  should  stray." 

Mrs.  Ann  Beadley  Hyde  (1824) ;  in  Nettleton's  "  Village  Hymns."    The 
text  is  unaltered. 


This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


216.     "  Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise." 

Charles  Wesley  (1749);  in  "Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems."  This  hymn 
forms  the  first  two  verses  of  a  poem  containing  sixteen  eight-line  verses. 
The  only  alterations  in  the  text  are  in  the  last  two  lines  of  the  fourth 
verse,  which  in  the  original  read  thus : — 

"  Ye  may  o'ercome  thrd  Christ  alone. 
And  stand  entire  at  last." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr. Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church; 
Islington ;  "Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ; 
Hymnary.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


217.     "My  God!  the  covenant  of  Thy  love." 

Philip  Doddridge  {d.  1751).     The  second  verse  of  the  original  is  here 
omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Windle.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt. 

7 


98 


Annotations. 


218.     "yesus,  and  shall  it  ever  Tie." 


Joseph  Grigg  {d.  1768).  "  This  was  composed  when  the  author  was  but 
ten  years  of  age.  As  a  marvel  of  precocious  talent  it  takes  its  place  along 
with  Milton's  Psalm — '  Let  us  with  a  gladsome  mind,'  written  at  the  age  of 
15.  Grigg's  hymn,  in  five  stanzas,  appeared  anonymously  in  the  '  Gospel 
Magazine'  for  April,  1774,  headed  '  Shame  of  yesus  Cottquered  by  Love,  by 
a  Youth  of  Ten  Years'  It  was  sent  to  the  magazine  by  the  Rev.  Benjamin 
Francis,  who  gave  the  age  of  the  author.  He  is  said  also  to  have  given 
the  hymn  the  extended  form  in  which  it  afterwards  appeared."  {Miller^ 

The  following  is  the  original  from  Rogers : — 

Jesus  !  and  shall  it  ever  be  !  Yet  blush  I  must,  while  I  adore, 

A  mortal  man  ashamed  of  Thee  ?  /  blush  to  think  I  yield  no  more. 

Scorned  be  the  thought  by  rich  and  poor; 
O  may  I  scorn  it  jnore  and  more  !  Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  of  that  Friend 

On  Whom  for  heaven  my  hopes  depend  ? 
Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  sooner  far  It  must  not  be  !  be  this  my  shame, 

Let  evening  blush  to  oiun  a  star.  That  I  no  more  revere  His  Name. 

Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  just  as  soon 
Let  7nidnight  blush  to  think  of  noon.         Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  yes,  I  may. 

When  Vve  no  crimes  to  wash  away; 
'  Tis  evening  with  my  soul  till  He,  No  tear  to  wipe,  no  joy  to  crave. 

That  Morning  Star,  bids  darkness  Jlee;    No  fears  to  quell,  no  soul  to  save. 
He  sheds  the  beams  of  noon  Divine 
O'er  all  this  midnight  soul  of  mine.  Till  then  {nor  is  the  boasting  vain). 

Till  then,  I  boast  a  Saviour  slain; 
Ashamed  of  Jesus  !  shall  yon  field  And  oh  may  this  my  portion  be, 

Blush  when  it  thinks  who  bids  it  yield?     That  Saviour  not  ashamed  of  me. 

But  little  is  known  of  Grigg's  early  life  except  that  it  was  passed  in 
humble  circumstances.  Dr.  Belcher  speaks  of  him  as  "a  labouring 
mechanic."  Afterwards  he  became  a  Presbyterian  minister,  and  was 
assistant  to  the  Rev.  Thomas  Bures,  from  1743  to  i  747,  in  the  Presby- 
terian Chapel,  Silver  Street,  London.  During  this  time  he  wrote  some  of 
his  hymns.  In  1747,  Mr.  Bures  died,  and  at  his  death  Mr.  Grigg  retired 
from  the  pastorate,  and  removed  to  St.  Albans.  He  died  in  1768.  Sedg- 
wick's complete  collection  of  Grigg's  poetical  productions  contains  40 
hymns  and  17  "Serious  Poems." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry;  Irish; 
Elliott;  Islington;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Bickersteth;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref  Ch. 


219.     "  When  His  salvation  bringing'' 

Joshua  King  (1830).     Bird  says  "the  chorus  is  added  to  the  original." 
Otherwise  the  text  is  unaltered. 


This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;   Bariy ;  Irish ;  People's ;  Maryle- 
bone;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary. 


Annotations*  99 

220.     "  Glory  to  the  Father  give." 

Tames  Montgomery  (1825);  from  his  ''Christian  Psalmist."  The  text 
is  unaltered  except  that  in  line  2  of  verse  3,  the  original  reads  "Be  this 
day  a  Pentecost."  ^     . 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble.;  Barry;  Peoples;  Canter- 
bury.    Also  by  Cong. 

221.     "How  bless' d are  they  who  always  keep" 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxix.     Somewhat  altered. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Barry. 


222.     "  0  happy  is  the  matt  who  hears." 

Michael  Bruce  {d.  1767);  Scotch  Paraphrase,  No.  11.  The  fourth  verse 
of  the  original  is  here  omitted ;  and  the  Hnes  altered  in  the  text  are  as 
follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "And  her  rewards  more  precious  are 
"    4,        Than  all  their  stores  of  gold." 

Verse  3,  "In  her  right  hand  she  holds  to  view 

A  length  of  happy  days ; 
Riches,  with  splendid  honours  join'd 
Are  what  her  left  displays." 

Verse  4,  line  l,     "According  as  her  labours  rise." 

The  version  given  by  Rogers  differs  slightly  in  one  or  two  other  lines. 

Michael  Bruce,  one  of  the  most  remarkable  of  short-lived  poets,  was 
born  at  Kinnesswood,  Scotland,  March  27,  1746.  His  parents,  though 
poor,  noticing  his  literary  predilections,  determined  to  educate  him ;  and 
during  four  years  he  studied  at  the  University  of  Edinburgh.  He  subse- 
quently entered  upon  the  study  of  theology,  teaching  also  at  the  same  time 
for  means  of  support.  But  under  his  incessant  toil  his  health  began  to 
decUne,  and  he  died  July  6,  1767,  at  the  early  age  of  twenty-one.  "  The 
poetical  remains  of  Bruce  have  Ijeen  made  the  subject  of  a  curious  con- 
troversy. At  college,  he  had  become  the  companion  of  John  Logan, 
a  person  of  somewhat  kindred  genius,  and  who  afterwards  becoming  min- 
ister of  Leith,  acquired  reputation  as  a  preacher.  Subsequently  to  Bruce's 
death,  Logan  visited  his  parents,  and  offered  to  publish  their  son's  poems 
for  their  pecuniary  benefit.  He  was,  accordingly,  entrusted  with  the 
whole  of  the  MSB.,  including  an  unpublished  book  of  hymns,  which  the 
parents  familiarly  termed  their  son's  '  Gospel  Sonnets.'  Of  the  latter,  sev- 
eral were  familiar  to  the  neighbours,  who  had  derived  their  knowledge  of 


loo  Annotations. 

the  compositions  from  the  deceased  poet  himself.  After  a  considerable 
delay,  Logan  published  a  small  volume  entitled  '  Poems  on  several  occa- 
sions, by  Michael  Bruce.'  The  scantiness  of  the  compositions,  and  the 
absence  of  the  '  Gospel  Sonnets,'  disquieted  the  parents.  On  a  request 
being  made  to  Logan,  by  the  father  of  the  deceased  poet,  for  the  MS. 
book  of  hymns,  he  stated  that  it  was  lost.  Logan  was  afterwards  associ- 
ated with  other  clerical  brethren  in  preparing  a  collection  of  Scripture 
paraphrases,  for  the  use  of  the  Scottish  Church.  He  became  the  most 
conspicuous  member  of  the  committee  by  contributing  a  number  of  com- 
positions which  were  hailed  with  adniiration,  and  readily  adopted  by  the 
Church.  But  Michael  Bruce's  father  recognized  them  as  his  son's  '  Gospel 
Sonnets,'  and  such,  with  probably  a  few  verbal  alterations,  there  is  strong 
reason  for  believing,  they  were."  {Rogers.)  Bruce's  title  to  all  of  them 
seems  satisfactorily  proved,  and  few  can  now  be  found  to  defend  the  claims 
of  Logan  to  their  authorship. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Rogers.     Also  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Cong. 


223.     "  What  a  strange  and  ivondrous  story." 

Anonymous.     The  editor  is  unable  to  trace  this  hymn  further  than 
"  Hymns  for  Church  and  Home"  (1859). 


It  is  adopted  by  Bapt. 


224.     "By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill." 

Reginald  Heber  (1812).  The  text  is  unaltered,  except  that  in  line  2  of 
verse  i,  the  original  has  "sweet"  instead  of  "fair." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Singleton ;  Bickersteth ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt, 


225.     "  yesu,  meek  and  gentle." 

George  Rundle  Prynne  (1856);  appeared  in  his  "  Hymnal  stated  for  the 
Services  of  the  Church"  (1858).  The  text  (from  the  Hymnary)  is  un- 
altered. 

George  Rundle  Prynne  studied  at  S.  Catherine's  College,  Cambridge, 
where  he  graduated  B.  A.  1839,  M.  A.  1861.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in 
1841,  and  Priest  in  1842.  He  afterwards  became  Curate  of  S.  Andrew's, 
Clifton,  and  entered  upon  his  present  incumbency  of  S.  Peter's,  Plymouth, 
in  1848.     He  has  published  some  sermons  and  manuals. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A. 
and  M.;  People's;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How  Hymnal  Noted;  Bicker- 
steth; Hymnary. 


Slnnoiations. 


226.     "  /  think  tvhen  I  read  that  sweet  story  of  old" 

Mrs.  Jemima  Luke  (1841);  written  for  a  village  school  near  Pouns- 
ford  Park.  It  was  composed  in  a  stage  coach.  The  original,  as  given  by 
Rogers,  consists  of  three  eight-line  verses,  of  which  the  last  is  here 
omitted.  Of  the  verses  retained  in  the  text  the  only  portion  altered  is 
line  3  of  verse  4,  which  in  the  original  reads  "And  many  dear  children 
are  gathering  there." 

Jemima  Thompson  was  born  at  Colebrook  Terrace,  Islington,  in  1813. 
Her  father  was  well  known  for  his  philanthropy.  As  early  as  her  thir- 
teenth year  she  became  an  anonymous  contributor  to  the  "  Juvenile 
Magazine:'  She  subsequently  published  several  books  for  children.  In 
1843,  she  married  the  Rev.  Samuel  Luke,  now  minister  of  an  Independent 
congregation  at  Clifton,  Gloucestershire. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry ;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Bapt. 


227.     "/«  the  vineyard  of  our  Father y 

Anonymous.     The  editor  cannot  trace  this  hymn  further  than  "Hymns 
for  Church  and  Home"  (1859.) 


It  is  not  adopted  by  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


228.     "  0  write  upon  i)iy  memory.  Lord." 

Isaac  Watts  (i  7 1 5) ;  in  his  "  Divine  Songs  for  Children."  The  original, 
as  given  by  Rogers,  contains  four  verses,  of  which  the  first  two  are  here 
omitted.     The  lines  altered  in  the  text,  are,  in  the  original,  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "The  texts  and  doctrines  of  Thy  word." 
Verse  2,  line  2,     "  Fill  up  this  foolish  heart  of  mine." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Canterbury;  Rogers. 


229.     "  Saviour,  like  a  shepherd  lead  us." 

Anonymous.     The  editor  is  unable  to  trace  this  hymn  further  than  the 
"  Andover  Sabbath  Hymn  Book." 

It  is  adopted  by  Barry;  Irish;  People's.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong. 


102  Annotations. 


230.     "  When  Jesus  left  His  Father's  throne" 

James  Montgomery  (1825);  in  his  "Christian  Psalmist."  The  text  is 
unaltered,  but  the  original  contains  eight  lines  not  retained  in  the  present 
version. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Mercer;  Irish;  Marylebone;  Win- 
die  ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer,     Also  by  Meth. 


231.     '\There  is  a  green  hill  far  away." 

Mrs.  Cecil  Frances  Alexander  (1848);   from  her  ''Hymns  for  Little 
Children."     The  text  (from  A.  and  M.)  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. 


232.     "  Onward,  Christian  soldiers." 

Sabine  Baring  Gould  (1865);  appeared  in  the  ''Church  Times."  The 
text  (from  A.  and  M.)  is  unaltered. 

Sabine  Baring  Gould  is  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  England,  and 
though  young  in  years  has  already  taken  prominence  by  the  number  and 
character  of  his  publications. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  People's; 
Hymnal  Noted ;  Hymnary. 


233.     "  Once  in  royal  David's  city." 

Mrs.  Cecil  Frances  Alexander  (1848);  in  her  "Hymns  for  Little  Chil- 
dren."    The  text  (from  A.  and  M.)  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  People's.  , 


234.     "My  God,  accept  my  heart  this  day." 

Matthew  Bridges  (1848);  in  "Hymns  of  the  Heart."  "Mr.  Bridges 
has  produced  one  hymn  among  the  very  few  that  are  altogether  perfect — 
at  once  faultless  and  complete.  Were  we  asked  to  name  the  fifty  finest 
English  hymns,  this  must  be  one  of  them."  (Bird's  "Notes  071  Hymnody" 
in  the  "Protestant  Churchman"  Dec.  12,  1867.)  One  verse,  the  fourth  in 
the  original,  is  here  omitted. 

The  original  has  in  verse  2,  line  4,  "Let"  instead  of  "And,"  and  in 
verse  3,  line  4,  "at"  instead  of  "  near." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  Canterbury.    Also  by  Presb. 


Annotations.  103 

235.     "  0  happy  day,  that  stays  my  choice." 

Philip  Doddridge  {d.  1 751).  The  third  verse  in  the  original  is  here 
omitted.  Lines  which  are  altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original  (as  given 
by  Rogers)  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "  O  happy  day  that  Jix'd  my  choice." 
"    4,     "  And  tell  its  raptures  all  abroad," 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "  While  to  t/iat  sacred  shrine  I  move." 

Verse  3,  "  Now  rest,  my  /i3«^-divided  heart !       , 

Fbc'd  on  this  bliss f  til  centre,  rest ! 
0  who  with  earth  would  grudge  to  part 
When  call'd  with  angels  to  be  bless'd?  " 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry; 
Windle;  Bickersteth;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


236.     "  Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken" 

Henry  Francis  Lyte  (1825).  The  original  has  six  verses,  of  which  the 
second  and  third  are  here  omitted.  The  text  is  unaltered.  There  is  some 
doubt,  owing  to  a  misprint  of  the  original,  it  is  said,  whether  the  seventh 
line  of  the  third  verse  is  correct ;  and  whether  it  should  not  read  thus : — 
"  What  thy  Saviour  did  to  win  thee." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  Barry;  EUiott;  Windle;  Bicker- 
steth; Pahner;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


237.     ''My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee." 

Ray  Palmer  (1830) ;  first  published  in  1833,  with  music  arranged  by  Dr. 
Lowell  Mason.  It  has  been  "translated  into  Arabic,  and  sung  in  many 
missionary  stations ;  one  of  the  very  few  American  hymns  that  have  been 
naturalized  in  England."  {Schaff.)  The  text  (from  the  author's  "Hymns 
and  Sacred  Pieces"  New  York,  1865)  is  unaltered. 

Ray  Palmer  was  born  at  Little  Compton,  Rhode  Island,  in  1808.  He 
studied  at  Phillip's  Academy,  Andover,  Mass.,  and  graduated  at  Yale 
College  in  1830.  In  1835,  he  was  ordained  pastor  of  a  Congregational 
Society  in  Bath,  Maine,  from  which  he  removed,  in  1850,  to  the  pastorate 
of  a  Congregational  Society  in  Albany,  N.  Y.  He  has  published  many 
hymns,  some  of  his  own  authorship,  and  some  translations.  He  has  also 
published  some  sermons  and  reviews. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  Barry;  Singleton;  Bickersteth; 
Palmer;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch, 


104  Annotations, 


238.     "  Thine  for  ever: — God  of  love." 

Mrs.  Mary  Fawler  Maude  (1848) ;  printed  in  her  "  Twelve  Letters  on 
Confirmation y  and  inserted  in  the  collection  of  the  Rev.  W.  W.  How. 
The  text  (from  Morrell  and  How)  is  unaltered. 

Mrs.  Maude  is  the  wife  of  the  Rev.  Joseph  Maude,  Vicar  of  Chirk, 
near  Ruabon,  England.  She  is  also  the  author  of  several  other  publi- 
cations. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sanun;  Singleton;  A. 
and  M.;  Elliott;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Ref.  Ch.  , 

239.     "  Witness,  ye  men  and  angels;  now." 

Benjamin  Beddome  {d.  1795).     The  text  is  from  S.  P.  C.  K.,  unaltered. 

The  author  was  bom  at  Henley-in-Arden,  Warwickshire,  January  23, 
1717.  His  father  was  a  Baptist  minister.  He  studi^^  at  various  places, 
and  began  preaching  in  1740.  He  was  pastor  of  a  Baptist  society  at 
Bourton-on-the- Water,  Gloucestershire,  until  his.  death  in  1795.  In  1770, 
he  received  the  degree  of  M.  A.  from  the  Baptist  College  in  Providence, 
Rhode  Island.  He  published  several  discourses  and  hymns.  "  His 
hymns,  to  the  number  of  830,  were  published  in  1818,  with  a  recommen- 
dation from  Robert  Hall."  Montgomery  speaks  of  him  as  a  "  writer 
worthy  of  honour  both  for  the  quantity  and  the  quality  of  his  hymns." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Bapt 


240.     "  Draw,  Holy  Ghost,  Thy  seven-fold  veil." 

John  Keble  (1827);  in  the  "Christian  Year."  The  original  (on  con- 
firmation) has  ten  verses,  of  which  the  verses  in  the  text  are  the  seventh 
and  tenth.  The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  2,  line  2,  which 
reads  in  the  original  thus : — "  That  blessing  dear,  that  dove-like  hand." 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


241.     "Lord,  shall  Thy  children  come  to  Thee." 

Samuel  Hinds  (1834);  from  his  "Sonnets  and  other  Short  Poems, 
chiefly  on  Sacred  Subjects."  "A  hymn,  I  think,  rarely  equalled  in  beauty, 
and  pathos,  and  power."  {Bickersteth.)  The  changes  in  the  text,  which  is 
from  Bickersteth,  are  immaterial. 

Samuel  Hinds  was  born  in  the  island  of  Barbadoes,  in  1793.  He  was 
educated  at  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  graduating  in  1815.  He  was  after- 
wards Vice-Principal  of  AJban  Hall,  Oxford,  and  subsequently  Principal 


Annotations.  105 

of  Codrington  College,  Barbadoes.  Returning  to  England,  he  was  ap- 
pointed Vicar  of  Yardley,  Herts,  holding  this  position  from  1834  to  1843. 
He  then  went  to  Ireland,  and  became  Rector  and  Prebendary  of  Castle- 
knoch,  Dublin,  and  Chaplain  to  Archbishop  Whately.  He  became  Dean 
of  Carlisle  in  1848,  and  Bishop  of  Norwich  in  1849.  He  resigned  his  See 
in  1857,  and  retired  into  private  life.  He  died  in  1872.  He  was  the 
author  of  several  publications. 

This  hymn  is   adopted  by   S.P.C.K.;    Barry;    Insh;    Marylebone; 
Windle;  Chope;  Bickersteth. 

242.     "Arm  these  Thy  soldiers,  mighty  Lord." 

Christopher  Wordsworth  (1862) ;  part  of  a  hymn  of  eleven  verses.    The 
lines  altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  I,     "Arm  these  Thy  youthful  soldiers,  Lord." 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  Thus  consecrated.  Lord,  to  Thee, 
"    4,       May  each  a  living  temple  be." 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


243.     "  His  mercy  and  His  truth: 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psahn  xxv. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K. 


344.     "  May  God  accept  our  vow^ 

A  Metrical  Psalm  from  some  untraced  source. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


345.     "  0  God  of  hosts,  the  mighty  Lord." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  Ixxxiv. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.P.C.K.;  Barry;  Sarum; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Canterbury;  Chope; 
Morrell  and  How.     AJso  by  Cong. 


346.     "  How  welcome  was  the  call." 

Henry  W.  Baker  (1861) ;  in  "  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern^     The  text 
is  from  A.  and  M.  (omitting  one  verse),  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  A.  and  M. 


xo6  Annotations. 


247.     "Deign  this  union  to  approved 

William  Bengo  Collyer  (1837) ;  in  "  Services  suited  to  the  Solemnization 
of  3IatriiHony,  Baptism,  etc."     The  text  is  unaltered. 

William  Bengo  Collyer  was  bom  at  Blackheath  Hill,  in  1782,  and 
studied  at  Homerton  College.  Before  completing  his  twentieth  year  he 
became  pastor  of  a  Congregational  society  at  Peckham,  continuing  in  that 
position  through  his  life.  He  died  in  1854.  He  received  the  degree  of 
D.  D.  from  the  University  of  Edinburgh  in  1808.  For  many  years  he  was 
one  of  the  most  popular  Dissenting  ministers  in  London.  He  published 
many  hymns  and  some  works  on  theology. 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


248.     "  The  voice  that  breathed  o'er  Eden." 

John  Keble  (1857).  The  original  has  eight  verses,  of  which  the  third 
is  here  omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  Singleton  ; 
A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford  ;  Chope;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bicker- 
steth;  Hymnary;  Palmer. 


249.     "  Our  hearts  to  Thee  in prrayer  we  bow" 

The  only  collection  in  which  the  editor  is  able  to  find  this  hymn,  is  that 
of  Barry,  where  it  is  assigned  to  W.  C.  Dix.  The  text  is  from  that  collec- 
tion, unaltered. 


250.     "  When  gathering  clouds  around  I  view" 

Robert  Grant  (1806) ;  in  the  "  Christian  Observer"  February,  1806.  It 
appeared  again  in  the  same  magazine,  February,  1812,  with  a  letter  ex- 
plaining that  it  is  sent  in  an  altered  form.     The  letter  is  signed  "  E y, 

D.  R."  The  original,  as  given  by  Rogers,  consists  of  six  verses,  of  which 
the  third  is  here  omitted.  The  only  alterations  in  the  text  will  appear 
from  the  following  original  lines : — 

Verse  3,  line  4,     "  The  sickening  anguish  of  despair." 
Verse  5,  line  4,     "  My  bed  of  death — for  Thou  hast  died." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Singleton ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Islington ;  Marylebone  ;  Windle ; 
Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


[nnotations.  107 


251.     "Lord,  as  to  Thy  dear  cross  we  /lee." 

John  Hampden  Gurney  (1838);  from  his  "Psalms  and  Hymns  for 
Public  Worship,  etc."  The  original,  as  given  by  Rogers,  contains  six 
verses,  of  which  the  fifth  is  here  omitted.  The  text  of  the  verses  retained 
is  unaltered. 

John  Hampden  Gurney  was  born  in  London,  in  1802.  He  studied  at 
Trinity  College,  Cambridge,  graduating  B.  A.  1824,  M.  A.  1828;  was  or- 
dained Deacon  in  1827,  and  Priest  in  1828.  He  was  Curate  of  Lutter- 
worth from  1827  to  1844,  and  Rector  of  S.  Mary's,  Marylebone,  from 
1847  till  his  death  in  1862.  He  was  also  a  Prebendary  of  S.  Paul's.  He 
was  a  man  of  great  activity  in  religious  work.  He  was  the  author  of 
numerous  lectures,  sermons,  etc.,  and  wrote  and  edited  some  other  works, 
amongst  which  is  the  collection  of  hymns  known  as  "  Marylebone." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Singleton ; 
A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Chope  ;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth; 
Palmer ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong. 


252.     "  When  our  heads  are  bowed  with  woe." 

Henry  Hart  Milman  (1827);  in  Heber's  "Hymns  Written  and  Adapted 
to  the  Weekly  Church  Ser.vice  of  the  Year."  The  text  is  unaltered  except 
in  the  last  line  of  each  verse,  which,  in  the  original,  reads  "  Gracious  Son 
of  Mary,  hear ! " 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum ; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Islington; 
Marylebone  ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal 
Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong. 


253.     "Thou  art  tny  hiding-place,  0  Lord  I" 

Thomas  Raffles  (1843).  The  text  is  like  the  original  as  given  by  Rogers, 
except  that  in  the  last  two  lines  of  the  first  verse,  "  the  "  is  substituted  for 
"  my." 

Thomas  Raffles  was  born  iij  London,  in  1788.  He  studied  at  Homer- 
ton  College,  and  in  1809  became  pastor  of  a  Congregational  society  at 
Hammersmith.  In  1812,  he  removed  to  Liverpool,  where  he  was  minister 
in  the  Great  George  Street  Chapel.  This  position  he  held  for  forty-nine 
years.  He  died  at  Liverpool,  in  1863.  He  published  several  sermons, 
letters  of  travel,  poems,  and  hymns  for  the  use  of  his  congregation. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Bickersteth-  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


io8  Annotations. 


254.     "  Thy  way,  not  mine,  0  Lord!* 

Horatius  Bonar  (1856);  in  "Hymns  of  Faith  and  Hope"  First  Series. 
The  original  consists  of  seven  four-line  verses,  the  fourth  of  which  is  here 
omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Barry ;  Sarum ;  Elliott ;  Alford ; 
Canterbury  ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong. 


255.     "  When  tnusing  sorrow  weeps  the  past" 

Gerard  Thomas  Noel  (1819);  in  "  CotterilVs  Selection."  The  text 
(from  Rogers)  is  unaltered,  except  that  the  original  in  verse  5,  line  i, 
has  "  harass' d"  instead  of  "tortur'd." 

Gerard  Thomas  Noel  was  born  in  1782.  His  studies  were  pursued  at 
the  Universities  of  Edinburgh  and  Cambridge.  He  graduated  M.  A. 
from  Trinity  CoUege,  Cambridge.  He  was  successively  Curate  of  Rad- 
well,  Vicar  of  Rainham,  and  Curate  of  Richmond.  In  1834,  he  was 
Canon  of  Winchester,  and  in  1840,  Vicar  of  Romsey,  where  he  died  in 
185 1.  He  published  some  Sketches  of  Travel,  and  a  Selection  of  Psalms 
and  Hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry ;  Islington ;  Windle ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


256.     '^  My  God,  my  Father,  while  I  stray." 

Miss  Charlotte  Elliott  (1834);  appeared  in  the  Appendix  to  the 
"Invalid's  Hymn  Book"  (1835).  The  original,  as  given  by  Palmer,  (and 
approved  as  correct  by  Miss  Elliott,)  contains  eight  verses,  of  which  the 
fifth  and  eighth  are  here  omitted.  The  only  portion  of  the  text  which  is 
materially  altered  is  the  fourth  verse.     It  reads  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

"  Though  Thou  hast  called  me  to  resign 
What  most  I  prized,  it  ne'er  was  mine, 
/  have  hilt  yielded  what  was  Thine  ; 
Thy  will  be  done ! " 

The  following  are  the  omitted  verses : — 

"  Should  grief  or  sickness  waste  away  "  Then,  when  on  earth  I  breathe  no  more, 

My  life  in  premature  decay,  The  prayer,  oft  mixed  with  tears  before, 

My  Father !  still  I  strive  to  say,  I'll  sing  upon  a  happier  shore. 

Thy  will  be  done."  Thy  will  be  done." 

Charlotte  Elliott  was  a  granddaughter  of  the  celebrated  preacher,  the 
Rev.  John  Venn,  a  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Henry  Venn  Elliott,  of  S.  Mary's, 
Brighton  (d.  1841),  and  sister  of  the  Rev.  Edward  B.  Elliott,  the  author  of 


Annotations*  109 

"fforae  Apocafypiicae."  She  died  in  1871,  at  a  very  advanced  age.  She 
wrote  several  volumes,  and  contributed  117  hymns  to  ^'The  Invalid's 
Hymn  Book." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Marylebone; 
Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ; 
Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong. 


257.     "  Whate'er  my  God  ordains  is  right." 
(Was  Gott  thut,  das  is  wohlgethan.) 

Samuel  Rodigast  (1675);  translated  by  Catherine  Winkworth  (1858)  in 
"  Lyra  Germanica"  Second  Series.  The  original  translation  has  six  verses, 
the  third  of  which  is  here  omitted.  The  text  of  the  verses  retained  does 
not  differ  from  the  original  as  given  by  Palmer. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry ;  Alford ;  Palmer. 


258.     '  ^Lord,  let  me  know  my  term  of  days." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xxxix. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Singleton. 


259.     "  Hear  what  the  voice  from  heaven  declares." 

Prayer  Book  Collection  of  1789.     The  second,  third  and  fifth  verses  are 
by  Watts,  altered ;  the  other  two  are  uncertain. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble. 


260.     "  Asleep  in  Jesus  !  blessed  sleep  !  " 

Mrs.  Margaret  Mackay  (1832);  appeared  first  in  "The  Amethyst." 
The  original,  as  given  by  Rogers,  has  six  verses,  the  fifth  of  which  is  here 
omitted.  The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  2,  line  4,  where  the 
original  has  " venom' d"  instead  of  "painful." 

Margaret  Mackay  is  a  daughter  of  Captain  Robert  Mackay,  who,  on 
retiring  from  active  service,  settled  at  Hedgefield,  near  Inverness.  She 
was  married,  in  1820,  to  Lieut.-Col.  William  Mackay.  She  has  published 
some  books,  and  several  fugitive  pieces. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry;  Windle;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


no  Annotations, 


261.      '^  Not  for  the  dead  in  Christ  we  weep." 

The   " Baptist  Collection"  in  which  alone  of   the  Hymnals  examined 
this  hymn  is  to  be  found,  assigns  it  to  Mrs.  Barbauld. 


262.     "  Safe  Home,  safe  Home  in  port!" 

S.  Joseph  of  the  Studium  (ab.  850) ;  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale 
(1862)  in  "■  Hymns  of  the  Eastern  Church."  The  last  two  verses  of  the 
translation,  as  given  in  Hymnal  Noted,  are  here  omitted.  The  text  is 
unaltered,  except  that  in  verse  2,  line  2,  the  original  has  ^'athlete"  instead 
of  "warrior." 

S.  Joseph  was  born  in  Sicily,  but  left  his  country  on  its  occupation  by 
the  Mahometans,  in  830.  He  became  a  monk  at  Thessalonica  and  Con- 
stantinople. Removing  to  Rome  he  was  taken  by  pirates,  and  for  many 
years  was  enslaved  in  Crete.  Regaining  his  liberty  he  reached  Rome,  and 
enjoyed  the  friendship  of  S.  Ignatius.  He  was  also  a  friend  of  Photius, 
the  Patriarch  of  Constantinople,  with  whom  he  went  into  exile.  After 
being  recalled  from  exile  he  devoted  himself  entirely  to  the  composition 
of  hymns,  of  which  he  produced  a  great  number.  His  Canon  for  Ascen- 
sion is  the  most  meritorious  of  his  works. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum;  Hymnal  Noted; 
Hymnary. 


263.     " Tender  Shepherd,  Thou  hast  stilled'' 
(Guten  Hirt,  du  hast  gestillet.) 

John  William  Meinhold  [d.  1851);  translated  by  Catherine  Winkworth 
(1858)  in  '^ Lyra  Germanica,"  Second  series.  The  text  is  altered  only  in 
the  first  word,  which  is  "Tender"  instead  of  "■Gentle"  as  in  the  original. 

John  William  Meinhold  was  born  on  the  island  of  Usedom,  in  1797. 
After  studying  theology  at  Greifswalde,  he  became  Rector  in  Usedom, 
subsequently  assuming  that  position  in  several  parishes.  When  the  Revo- 
lution in  1848  broke  out  he  opposed  it.  In  1850  he  resigned  his  living. 
He  died  in  1851. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. 


264.     "  My  soul  with  grateful  thoughts  of  love." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  cxvi. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


^nnota(tions«  xii 

265.     "Fierce  was  the  wild  -billow  " 

(Zo^epag  rpiKv/iiac.) 

S.  Anatolius  (458) ;  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  in  "Hymns  of  the 
Eastern  Church''  "This  is  one  of  Neale's  happiest  renderings  of  an 
original  in  which  the  Scripture  account  of  Christ's  stilling  the  waves  is 
most  vividly  pictured,  and  skillfully  applied  to  the  spiritual  life."  The 
text  is  from  Sarum,  and  differs  in  a  few  lines  from  the  text  in  some  other 
Hymnals,  which  is  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  4,     "  Foam  glittered  white ; 
"    5,        Trembled  the  mariners, 
"    6,        Peril  was  high!' 

Verse  2,  line  3,  "  Wail  of  Euroclydon." 
"  5,  "  Sorrow  can  never  be, 
"    6,       Darkness  must  fly." 

Verse  3,  line  7,     "Whisper,  Thou  Truth  of  Truth." 

S.  Anatolius'  life  began  in  a  time  of  conflict.  He  was  a  legate  from 
the  unscrupulous  monarch  Dioscones  to  the  Emperor's  Court.  At  the 
death  of  S.  Flavian,  the  Byzantine  pontiff,  the  vacant  throne  was  given  to 
S.  Anatolius.  This  position  he  filled  with  firmness  and  honour.  To  him 
also  was  due  the  decree  passed  at  the  Council  of  Chalcedon  (451)  that 
Constantinople  should  hold  the  second  place  among  the  Patriarchal  Sees. 
He  died  in  the  year  458.  His  compositions  are  few  and  short,  but  full  of 
life  and  beauty. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Hymnary. 


266.     "  When  through  the  torn  sail  the  wild  tempest  is  streaming." 

_  Reginald  Heber  (1820).  The  text  differs  slightly  from  the  original  as 
given  by  Rogers.  The  original  has  "  Help,"  instead  of  "  Save,"  in  the 
last  line  of  each  verse.  The  other  changes  may  be  seen  from  the  follow- 
ing original  lines : — 

Verse  2,  line  i,     "  O  Jesus  !  once  ioss'd  on  the  breast  of  the  billow." 
"    4,     "  Who  cries  in  his  danger.  Help,  Lord,  or  we  perish." 

Verse  3,  Hne  2,     "  When  hell  in  our  hearts  his  wild  warfare  is  waging, 
"    3,       Arise  in  Thy  strength  Thy  redeemed  to  cherish." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Sarum ;  Hymnary ;  Rogers.     Also  by 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


1X2  Annotations* 


267.     '■^  Eternal  Father  !  strong  to  save!' 

William  Whiting  (i860);  written  for  "  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern" 
but  much  altered  by  the  compilers  of  that  work.  The  original  is  as  fol- 
lows : — 

O  Thou  Who  bidcfst  the  ocean  deep  O  Sacred  Spirit !  Who  didst  brood 

Its  own  appointed  limits  keep.  Upon  the  chaos  dark  and  rude, 

Thou  IVho  dost  bind  the  restless  'wave.  Who  bad^st  its  angry  tumult  cease, 

Eternal  Father,  strong  to  save.  And  light  diffused,  and  life,  and  peace, 
O  hear  us  when  we  cry  to  Thee  O  hear  us  when  we  cry  to  Thee 

For  all  in  peril  on  the  sea.  For  all  in  peril  on  the  sea. 

O  Saviour  !  Whose  Almighty  Word  O  Trinity  of  love  and  power  ! 

The  "winds  and  waves  submissive  heard.  Our  brethren  shield  in  danger's  hour  ; 

Who  walkedst  on  the  foaming  deep.  From  rock  and  tempest,  them  defend; 

And  calm  amid  its  rage  didst  sleep  ;  To  safety's  harbour  them  attend ; 

O  hear  us  when  we  cry  to  Thee  A  nd  ever  let  there  rise  to  Thee 

For  all  in  peril  on  the  sea.  Glad  hymns  of  praise  from  land  and  sea. 

William  Whiting  was  bom  in  London,  in  1825.  He  was  educated  at 
Clapham  and  at  Winchester,  and  for  more  than  twenty  years  has  been 
Master  of  Winchester  College  Choristers'  School.  He  is  the  author  of 
several  poems. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum ;  A.  and  M. ; 
Elliott ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary.    Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


268.     "  0  Thou  Who  didst  prepared 

Mrs.  Tonna  (Charlotte  Elizabeth)  {d.  1846).  The  text  is  considerably 
altered.  The  following  is  the  original  (excepting  the  omitted  lines)  sup- 
plied to  the  editor  by  the  Rev.  F.  M.  Bird. 

O  Thou  Who  didst  prepare  For  He  is  nigh,  Who  trod 

The  ocean's  caverned  cell,  A  mid  that  foaming  spray. 

And  bad''st  the  gathering  waters  there  Whose  billows  own'dthe  incarnate  God, 

To  meet  and  dwell.  And  died  away. 

Toss'd  in  our  reeling  bark  Though  swells  the  confluent  tide. 

On  this  tumultuous  sea,  A  nd  battles  far  above. 

Thy  wondrous  ways,  O  Lord,  we  mark.  We  know  in  Whom  our  souls  confide, 

And  sing  to  Thee.  With  fearless  love. 

Charlotte  Elizabeth  was  born  at  Norwich,  in  1790.  Her  father,  the 
Rev.  Michael  Browne,  was  Rector  of  S.  Giles'  parish  in  that  city.  She 
married  Captain  George  Phelan,  of  the  army,  but  the  union  proved  an 
unhappy  one.  Thrown  upon  her  own  resources,  she  contributed  to  the 
Dublin  Tract  Society,  and  in  1S34,  became  editor  of  ''The  Christian 
Ladies'  Magazine y  Her  husband  died  in  1837.  In  1840,  she  married 
Mr.  L.  H.  Tonna,  but  continued  to  retain  her  two  Christian  names  as  her 
literary  designation.     She  died  in  1846.     Her  works  are  very  numerous. 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


anuotattons,  113 

269.  ''Lord,  for  the  just  Thou  dost  provide." 

Prayer  Book  Collection  of  1789;  rewritten  from  Joseph  Addison  (17 12), 
in  the  ''Spectator"  No.  489.  The  hymn  is  entitled  "The  Traveller's 
Hymn"  beginning 

"How  are  Thy  servants  blest,  0  Lord'' 

The  original  version  is  given  in  Rogers'  "  Lyra  Britannica,"  p.  5. 

Joseph  Addison  was  born  at  Milston,  Wiltshire,  May  i,  1672.  He  was 
educated  in  the  Charter  House,  London,  and  at  Oxford.  His  father  was 
Rector  of  Milston,  afterwards  Dean  of  Lichfield,  and  designed  him  for 
the  ministry ;  but  he  was  attracted  to  law  and  politics.  He  attained  an 
early  celebrity  as  a  writer  of  verses,  and  at  the  age  of  twenty-seven  re- 
ceived a  pension  of  ;r^300  a  year.  By  this  he  was  enabled  to  travel  on  the 
continent,  and  on  his  return  he  published  his  travels,  as  well  as_  some 
poems.  He  held  successively  several  important  State  offices,  retiring  at 
last  on  an  allowance  of  ^1500  a  year.  He  died  June  17,  1719-.  The 
fame  of  Addison  rests  chiefly  upon  the  part  he  took  in  the  production  of 
the  essays  that  were  begun  in  his  time,  under  the  names  of  the  "  Tatler," 
the  "  Spectator,"  and  the  "  Guardian." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.  (which  alone  has  this  version) ;  Hall ; 
Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Elliott;  Islington;  Bickersteth;  Rogers. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

270.  "  Lord,  pour  Thy  Spirit  from  on  high." 

James  Montgomery  (1835).  The  following  is  the  original  version  of 
this  hymn  as  given  by  Palmer. 

Pour  out  Thy  Spirit  from  on  high,  To  bear  Thy  people  on  our  heart, 

Lord.  Thine  assembled  servants  bless  ;  And  love  the  souls  whom  Thou  dost  love  ; 
Graces  and  gifts  to  each  supply,        [ness.  . 

And  clothe  Thy  priests  with  righteous-  To  love,  and  pray,  and  never  faint, 

By  day  and  night  strict  guard  to  keep, 
Within  Thy  temple  when  lue  stand,  To  warn  the  sinner,  cheer  the  saint, 

To  teach  the  truth  as  taught  by  Thee,  Nourish  Thy  lambs,  andyiWThy  sheep. 
Saviour,  like  stars  in  Thy  right  hand  .         .  ,  ,  ,  , 

T7ie  angels  of  the  Churches  be.  Thus  when  our  work  is  finish  d  here. 

In  humble  hope  our  charge  resign  ; 
Wisdom,  and  zeal,  and  faith  impart,  When  the  Chief  Shepherd  shall  appear. 

Firmness  -djith  meekness  from  above,  O  God!  may  they  and  we  be  Thine. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.P.C.K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford ;  Church;  Marylebone; 
Wind'le ;  Canterbury ;  Chope  ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hym- 
nary;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


114 


Annotations. 


271.     ''Father  of  mercies,  bow  Thine  ear." 


Benjamin  Beddome  (1787);  in  "  Nippon's  Cojleciion."  The  text  is  unal- 
tered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Islington;  Windle. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth. 

272.     "  Come,  pure  hearts,  in  sweetest  measures." 
(Psaltat  chorus  corde  jnundo) 

Founded  partly  on  the  sequence  by  Adam  of  S.  Victor  {d.  ab.  1192),  be- 
ginning "  yucundare plebo  fidelis"  the  first  two  verses  by  Robert  Campbell 
(1850),  the  last  verse  by  the  compilers  of  ''Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern" 
(1861).  The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  i,  line  5,  where  the 
original  has  "declaration"  instead  of  "proclamation." 

It  is  uncertain  whether  Adam  was  born  in  Great  Britain  or  in  Brittany. 
In  history  he  is  called  a  Briton.  About  the  year  1130,  he  entered  a  her- 
mitage near  Paris,  named  after  S.  Victor  of  Marseilles — hence  his  own 
name.  Little  is  known  of  his  life.  He  died  about  the  year  iig2.  His 
poetical  works  are  of  the  highest  character.  Indeed,  the  highest  position 
among  sacred  poets  is  claimed  for  him,  because,  out  of  one  hundred  of  his 
pieces,  at  least  fifty  are  of  the  highest  excellence.  Trench  thus  speaks  of 
him :  "  His  profound  acquaintance  with  the  whole  circle  of  the  theology 
of  his  time,  and  eminently  with  its  exposition  of  Scripture ;  the  abundant 
and  admirable  use  which  he  makes  of  it,  delivering  as  he  thus  does  his 
poems  from  the  merely  subjective  cast  of  those,  beautiful  as  they  are,  of 
S.  Bernard ;  the  exquisite  art  and  variety  with  which,  for  the  most  part, 
his  verse  is  managed  and  his  rhymes  disposed — their  rich  melody  multi- 
plying and  ever  deepening  at  the  close ;  the  strength  which  he  often  con- 
centrates into  a  single  line ;  his  skill  in  conducting  a  narration ;  and,  most 
of  all,  the  evident  nearness  of  the  things  which  he  celebrates  to  his  own 
heart  of  hearts — all  these,  and  other  excellences,  render  him,  as  far  as  my 
judgment  goes,  the  foremost  among  the  sacred  Latin  poets  of  the  Middle 
Ages." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  Hymnary. 

273.     "  Go  forth,  ye  heralds,  in  My  Name." 

Anonymous.     Prayer  Book  Collection  of  1 789. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


*  274.     "How  beautiful  the  feet  that  bring." 

John  Mason  (1683);  a  piece  entitled  "A  Song  of  Praise  for  a  Gospel 
Ministry."  The  text  differs  considerably  from  the  original,  the  larger 
portion  having  been  rewritten. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum;  Singleton. 


^Annotations. 


275.     "  This  stone  to  Thee  in  faith  we  lay^ 


"5 


James  Montgomery  (1822).     The  text  is  from  Bickersteth,  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P. C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish ;  Singleton ;  Alford ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Meth. 


276.     "  0  Lord  of  hosts,  Whose  glory  fills" 

John  Mason  Neale  (1844);  in  ^^  Hymns  for  Children,"  Second  Series. 
The  last  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted.  The  text  is  from  People's, 
unaltered ;  in  one  or  two  lines  it  varies  very  slightly  from  the  original. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Singleton ;  A.  and  M.;  People's  ;  Chope. 


£77.     "  With  one  consent  let  all  the  earth." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  c.  The  first  text  (1696)  is  entirely 
different  from  the  present,  but  it  was  changed  by  Tate  and  Brady  before 
1703. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Elliott ; 
Church ;  Islington ;  MorreU  and  How.     Also  by  Cong. 


278.     "/'//  wash  my  hands  in  innocence." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xxvi.     Somewhat  altered. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


279.     "  Christ  is  our  Corner  Stone." 
{Angtilare  Fundamentum^ 

The  Latin  origin  of  this  hymn  is  uncertain.  This  translation  is  by 
John  Chandler  (1837).     The  text  is  from  A.  and  M.,  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ;  A.  and  M.; 
Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Bickersteth;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Kef.  Ch. 


280.     "  0  with  due  reverence  let  us  all." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxxxii. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall. 


ii6  Annotations. 


281.     "  0  't7uas  a  joyful  soujid  to  hear." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxxii. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;   S.  P.  C.  K.;   Barry;    Singleton;   Windle; 
Morrell  and  How.     Also  by  Cong.;  Bapt. 


282.     "  Christ  is  inade  the  sure  foundation" 
{Angtilare  Funda?nenium.) 

The  origin  of  this  Latin  hymn  is  uncertain.  This  version  is  a  transla- 
tion by  John  Mason  Neale  (185 1)  in  ''Hymnal  Noted";  but  the  text, 
from  A.  and  M.,  is  altered.  The  following  version  is  from  "Hymnal 
Noted":— 

Christ  is  made  the  sure  Foundation  Hear  Thy  people  as  they  pray  ; 

A  nd  the  precious  Corner-stone,  And  Thy  fullest  benediction 

Who,  the  tit'O-fold  walls  stir^nounting  Shed  within  its  walls  for  aye. 

Binds  them  closely  into  one^ 

Holy  Sion's  help  forever.  Here  vouchsafe  to  all  Thy  servants 

And  her  confidence  alone.  That  they  supplicate  to  gain  ; 

Here  to  have  and  hold  for  ever 

All  that  dedicated  city.  Those  good  things  their  prayers  obtain  s 

Dearly  loved  by  God  on  high,  And  hereafter  in  Thy  Glory 

In  exultant  jubilation  With  Thy  blessid  ones  to  reign. 

Pours  perpetual  melody ; 

God  the  One,  a7id  God  the  Trinal,  L a tid  and  honour  to  the  Father, 

Singing  ei/er lastingly.  Laud  and  honour  to  the  Son, 

Laud  a.nd  honour  to  the  Spirit, 

To  this  Temple,  where  we  call  Thee,  Ever  Three  and  ever  One, 

Come,  O  Lord  of  Hosts,  to-day  :  Consubstantial,  Co-eternal, 

With  Thy  wonted  loving-kindness.  While  unending  ages  run. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Irish ;  Sanim ;  Singleton  ;  A.  and  M.;  People's ; 
Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Hymnary. 


283.     "From  Greenland's  icy  7)tountains." 

Reginald  Heber  (1819).  The  origin  of  this  hymn  was  as  follows: — 
Heber's  father-in-law — the  Rev.  Dr.  Shipley,  Dean  of  S.  Asaph  and  Vicar 
of  Wrexham,  was  to  preach  a  missionary  sermon  in  Wrexham  Church  on 
Whitsunday,  1819.  In  the  evening  of  that  day,  Heber  was  to  deliver  a 
lecture  in  the  same  church.  On  the  previous  day,  while  together  at  the 
vicarage,  the  Dean  requested  Heber  to  write  something  for  them  to  sing 
in  the  morning.  Heber  retired  for  that  purpose  from  the  table,  where  the 
Dean  and  a  few  others  were  sitting,  to  another  part  of  the  room.  In  a 
short  time  the  Dean  asked  him  what  he  had  written.  Heber,  having  then 
composed  the  first  three  verses,  read  them  over,  "  There,  there — that  will 
do  very  well,"  said  the  Dean.     "No,  no — the  sense   is   not  complete." 


Annotations. 


117 


replied  Heber.  Accordingly  he  added  the  fourth  verse,  and  thus  com- 
pleted the  hymn  which  has  since  been  sung  so  frequently  among  all 
bodies  of  Christians.  The  hymn  was  sung  the  next  morning  in  Wrexham 
Church  for  the  first  time. 

The  original  reads  in  lines  I  and  3  of  verse  3,  "Can"  instead  of 
"Shall."  The  word  "Ceylon"  in  line  2  of  verse  2,  was  afterwards 
changed  to  "Java,"  by  Heber,  when  he  was  in  India,  but  the  earlier 
reading  is  generally  retained. 

This  hymn  is  adopted- by  Pr.  Bk. ;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K. 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church 
Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How 
Bickersteth;  Hymnary  ;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth. 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


284.     "yesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  stin." 

Isaac  Watts  (1719) ;  a  rendering  of  Psalm  Ixxii.  The  original  has  eight 
verses,  of  which  the  second,  third,  and  seventh  are  here  omitted.  Portions 
of  the  text  altered  from  the  original,  as  given  by  Rogers,  are  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  i,     ''For  Him  shall  endless  prayer  be  made." 
Verse  4,  line  2,     "  The  prisoner  leaps  to  lose  his  chains." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Maryle- 
bone; Windle;  Canterbury;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary; 
Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


285.     "^To  bless  Thy  chosen  race." 

Tate  and  Brady  {1696) ;  Psalm  Ixvii. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Single- 
ton ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bick- 
ersteth.    Also  by  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


286.     "  On  Sion  and  on  Lebanon" 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  (1826);  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


287.     '■'Arm  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake." 

William  Shrubsole  (1795);  appeared  in  "Missionary  Hyjnns."  The 
third  and  fourth  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The  text  is 
unaltered. 


ii8  ^nnotationB. 

William  Shrubsole  was  born  in  Sheerness,  Kent,  in  1759.  His  first 
occupation  was  as  a  shipwright  in  Sheerness  Dockyard,  but  he  was  pro- 
moted, and  afterwards  removed  to  London,  where  he  at  length  held  the 
position  of  Secretary  to  the  Committee  of  the  Treasury  in  the  Bank  of 
England.  He  died  at  Highbury,  in  1829.  Mr.  Shrubsole  was  the  author 
of  several  hymns,  and  some  articles  in  the  religious  magazines  of  his  day. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Islington;  Windle ;  Canterbury;  Bickersteth;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

288.     "  O'er  the  gloomy  hills  of  darkness." 
{Dros  y  brynnian  tywyll  niwlog.) 

William  Williams  (1772) ;  in  his  "  Gloria  in  Excelsis."  Three  verses  of 
the  original  are  here  omitted.  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in 
the  original : — 

Verse  l,  line  i,  "  O'er  those  gloomy  hills  of  darkness." 

"    3,  "  All  the  promises  do  travel 

"    4,        0?i  a  glorious  day  of  grace." 

Verse  2,  line  2,  ^'  Let  them  have  the  glorious  light." 

Verse  3,  line  3,  "  May  Thy  eternal  wide  dominions." 

William  Williams,  called  the  "  Watts  of  Wales,"  was  bom  in  1717,  at 
Cefn-y-coed,  near  Llandovery,  Carmarthenshire.  He  originally  studied 
medicine,  but  abandoned  it  for  theology.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  the 
Church  of  England,  but  was  refused  Priest's  Orders,  and  subsequently 
attached  himself  to  the  Calvinistic  Methodists.  For  half  a  century  he 
travelled  in  Wales,  preaching  the  Gospel.  He  died  in  1791.  Williams 
composed  his  hymns  chiefly  in  the  Welsh  language ;  they  are  still  largely 
used  by  various  religious  bodies  in  the  principality.  Many  of  his  hymns 
have  appeared  in  English,  and  have  been  collected  and  published  by 
Sedgwick.  His  two  principal  poetical  works  are  '' Hosannah  to  the  Son 
of  David"  and  '■'■Gloria  in  Excelsis!' 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Elliott ;  Islington  ;  Windle ; 
Bickersteth;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


289.     ^^  From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies." 

Isaac  Watts  (1719) ;  a  rendering  of  Psalm  cxvii.  The  only  lines  altered 
are  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     '^ Let  the  Redeemer's  Name  be  sung." 
Verse  2,  line  2,     '^Eternal  truth  attends  Thy  word." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry; 
Irish;  Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Canterbury; 
Bickersteth;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


Slnnotations,  119 


290.     ''Ye  Christian  heralds,  go,  proclaim^ 

Anonymous.     The  editor  can  trace  it  no  further  than  "  WincMVs  Col- 
lection" (Boston,  1817). 

It  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


291.     "  And  is  the  time  approaching!' 

Miss  Jane  Borthwick  (1863);   in  ''Thoughts  for  Thoughtful  Hours: 
The  text  is  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


292.     " Souls  in  heathen  darkness  lying" 

Mrs.  Cecil  Frances  Alexander  (1850);  appeared  in  "Legend  of  the 
Golden  Prayer"  {i?)i-,()).  Some  verses  of  the  original  are  omitted.  The 
text,  which  is  from  Sarum,  differs  from  the  original  in  the  second  and  third 
verses :  their  original  reading  is  as  follows : — 

Christians,  say  they,  none  has  taught  us  Haste,  O  haste,  to  spread  the  tidings 

Of  His  love  so  deep  and  dear  ;  Let  no  shore  be  left  untrod ; 

Of  the  precious  price  that  bought  us.  Let  no  brother's  bitter  chidings 

Of  the  nail,  the  thorn,  the  spear  ;  Haunt  us  from  the  furthest  sod: 

Ye  who  know  Him  Tell  the  heathen 

Guide  us  from  our  darkness  drear.  All  the  precious  truth  of  God. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum ;  Canterbury. 


293.     "  When,  Lord,  to  this  our  western  land!' 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  (1826) ;  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 

29 §.     "  0  why  should  Israel's  sons  once  bless' d." 

James  Joyce  (1S09) ;  in  "The  Christian  Observer."  For  the  first  two 
words,  "6  why,"  the  original  has  "  Wherefore;"  and  the  two  couplets  of 
the  first  verse  are  transposed  in  the  text.  There  are  changes  in  other  lines 
of  the  text  which  read  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  Ime  i,     "Lord,  visit  Thy  forsaken  race." 

Verse  4,  line  2,     "  When  Jew  and  Greek  one  prayer  shsWpour." 
"    4,     "  One  God  with  grateful  heart  adore."    . 


I20  Annotations. 

No  memoir  of  this  author  has  been  published.  He  published  several 
works  ;  and  he  wrote  many  hymns  that  were  never  published,  it  being  his 
custom,  morning  after  morning,  to  present  pieces  of  poetry  to  his  children 
at  breakfast. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
ElHott;  Islington;  Bickersteth. 


295,     ''High  on  the  bending  willows  hung" 

Anonymous.     The  editor  is  unable  to  trace  this  hymn. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Cong. 


296.     ''Fountain  of  good,  to  own  Thy  love* 

Phihp  Doddridge  {d.  1751).     This  is  an  altered  but  generally  used  form 
of  the  author's  hymn  beginning, 

"  yesus,  my  Lord,  how  rich  Thy  grace."  ^ 

The  following  original  of  the  text  is  contributed  by  the  Rev.  F.  M.  Bird, 
who  also  says  that  verse  one  of  the  text  is  not  Doddridge's : — 

Fountain  of  good,  to  own  Thy  love  In  ihe>n  Thou  may'st  be  clothed  andfedy 

Our  thankful  hearts  incline  ;  A  nd  visited  and  cheer'' d : 

What  can  we  render,  Lord,  to  Thee,  And  iti  their  accents  of  distress 

When  all  the  worlds  are  Thine  ?  My  Saviour'' s  voice  is  heard. 

But  Thou  hast  brethren  here  below  Thy  face  with  reverence  and  with  love 

The  partners  of  Thy  grace,  /  in  Thy  poor  would  see  ; 

A  fid  wilt  con/ess  their  humble  names  O  7-ather  let  me  beg  my  bread 

Before  Thy  Father's  face.  Than  hold  it  back  frojn  Thee. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  A.  and  M.; 
Alford;  Canterbury;  Bickersteth. 


297.     "  Rich  are  the  joys  which  cannot  die." 

Philip  Doddridge  {d.  1751).  The  text  is  made  up  of  verses  three,  five, 
and  six  of  Doddridge's  hymn  309.  The  original  of  lines  altered  in  the 
text  is  as  follows : — 

"  But  there  are  joys  which  cannot  die, 
Which  God  laid  up  in  store ; 
Treasure  beyond  the  changing  sky." 

"  The  mite  my  willing  hands  can  give." 
"  And  Heaven  at  large  repay." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


Verse 

I, 

line 

I, 

2, 

3. 

Verse 

3, 

line 

I, 

4. 

^Annotations.  121 


298.     "  So7u  in  the  morn  Thy  seed." 

James  Montgomery  (1836).  Three  verses  of  the  original  are  here 
omitted.     The  text  is  without  material  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Bickersteth. 
Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 

I 

299.     "  We  give  Thee  but  Thine  own." 

William  Walsham  How  (1864);  from  his  ^'Psalms  and  Hymns."  The 
text  (from  Morrell  and  How)  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.; 
Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth;  Hjmanary. 


300.     ^^  Lord,  lead  the  way  the  Saviour  went" 

WiUiam  Croswell  (d.  185 1).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

The  author  was  born  at  Hudson,  N.  Y.,  in  1804.  He  graduated  at 
Yale  College  in  1823;  was  Rector  of  Christ  Church,  Boston,  1829-40; 
Rector  of  S.  Peter's  Church,  Auburn,  N.  Y.,  1840-44;  and  Rector  of  the 
Church  of  the  Advent,  Boston,  from  1844  till  his  death  in  1851.  He 
was  the  author  of  several  pieces  of  poetry,  which  may  be  seen  in  his 
"Memoirs"  by  his  father. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.     Also  by  Cong,;  Bapt. 


301.     "  0  come,  loud  anthems  let  us  sing." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xcv.  The  text  is  from  Bickersteth,  who, 
to  "  obviate  the  baldness  and  retain  the  thought,"  alters  the  last  two  coup- 
lets of  the  first  and  fourth  verses.     The  original  read  thus : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     "For  we  our  voices  high  should  raise, 

"    4,        When  our  salvation's  Rock  we  praise." 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "  Dozvn  on  our  knees  devoutly  all 
"    4,       Before  the  Lord  our  Maker  fall." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Elliott ;  Church ;  Islington  ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Morrell  and  How ; 
Bickersteth.     Also  by  Presb. ;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


122  Annotations. 


302.     ^''  Praise  to  God,  immortal  praised 

Mrs.  Anna  Letitia  Barbauld  (1773).  Rewritten  in  the  Prayer  Book 
Collection  (1826).  The  original  consists  of  nine  four-line  verses.  The 
present  version  is  so  little  like  the  original  that  it  may  almost  be  called 
another  hymn.  Mrs.  Barbauld's  hymn  may  be  found  in  Rogers'  ^"^  Lyra 
Britamtica,"  p.  33.  , 

Adopted  (generally  with  the  author's  version)  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kem- 
■ble ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Windle ; 
Canterbury ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


803.     "  N'ow  thank  we  all  our  God." 
(Nun  danket  alle  Gott.) 

Martin  Rinkart  {1644);  translated  by  Catherine  Winkworth  (1858)  in 
"Lyra  Germanica"  Second  Series.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  a  metrical  version  of  Ecclesiasticus,  1.  22-24,  and  was 
written,  it  is  believed,  about  the  year  1644,  iii  the  prospect  of  a  reestab- 
lishment  of  peace.     It  has  been  called  the  popular  German  "  Te  Deum." 

Martin  Rinkart  was  born  in  Eilenburg,  Saxony,  in  1586.  His  father 
being  poor,  Martin  supported  himself  by  his  musical  skill  while  studying 
theology  at  Leipsic.  Subsequently  he  became  pastor  in  his  native  town, 
continuing  there  during  the  Thirty  Years'  War,  and  long  after.  He  died 
in  1649. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  People's; 
Elliott ;    Alford ;  Chope  ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary.      Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


304.     "  Salvation  doth  to  God  belong." 

Philip  Doddridge  (d.  1751).     From  his  hymn  374,  and  mostly  rewritten. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


305.     "Praise,  0 praise  our  God  and  JCing." 

Henry  Williams  Baker  (1861);  in  " Hyi7ins  Ancient  and  Modern" 
"  Partly  suggested  by  Milton's  version  of  Psalm  cxxxvi."  The  text  is 
from  A.  and  M.  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Irish ;  A.  and  M.;  Bickersteth;  Palmer.  Also 
by  Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations, 


306.     "  Come,  ye  thankful  people,  come." 

Henry  Alford  (1844).  The  text  is  from  the  author's  "  Year  of  Praise" 
(1867),  unaltered,  but  it  differs  somewhat  from  his  earUer  version. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum  ; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Canterbury;  Chope; 
Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Ref.  Ch. 


307.     "  Before  the  Lord  we  bow," 

Francis  Scott  Key  (1832).  Two  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted. 
Lines  altered  in  the  text  are,  in  the  original,  as  follows : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  Enjoying  peace  and  rest." 
Verse  4,  line  4,     "Bright  is  the  promised  crown." 

Francis  Scott  Key  was  bom  in  Frederick  County,  Md.,  in  1779.  He 
was  educated  at  S.  John's  College,  Annapolis,  and  in  1801  commenced  the 
practice  of  law  in  Washington,  which  was  his  home  until  his  death  in 
1843.  He  was  the  author  of  a  number  of  poems,  but  is  most  widely 
known  by  his  hymn  "  The  Star-spangled  Banner"  inspired  by  the  author's 
position  as  a  prisoner  with  the  British  in  18 14,  during  the  bombardment 
of  Fort  McHenry,  which  guards  the  entrance  to  Baltimore. 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


308.     '■^  Lord  God,  .we  worship  Thee." 
(Herr  Gott,  wir  danken  Dir.) 

Johann  Frank  (1653);  translated  by  Catherine  Winkworth  (1862)  in 
"  Chorale  Book."  The  last  verse  of  the  original  is  hei-e  omitted,  but  the 
text  of  the  verses  retained  does  not  differ  materially  from  that  in  the 
Hymnary,  in  which  alone,  of  the  collections  examined,  the  hymn  is  to  be 
found. 

Johann  Frank  was  born  in  Guben,  Saxony,  in  1618.  He  was  educated 
to  the  profession  of  law,  occupying,  during  his  life,  positions  of  honour. 
He  died  in  1677.  He  was  a  friend  of  several  of  the  poets  of  his  time, 
and  composed  one  hundred  and  ten  hymns,  which,  in  the  opinion  of  Miss 
Winkworth,  rank  next  to  those  of  Gerhardt,  among  the  German  hymn- 
writers. 


124  Annotations, 


309.     "  God  bless  our  native  land." 

John  S.  Dvviglit  (1844).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

The  author  is  the  son  of  Dr.  Timothy  Dwight,  once  President  of  Yale 
College.  He  has  composed  several  hymns,  and,  in  conjunction  with 
others,  has  made  good  translations  of  some  minor  poems  of  Goethe  and 
Schiller. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


310.     "  Dread  yehovah,  God  of  nations." 

C F (1804);  in  "The  Christian  Observer."     The  original  has 

eight  lines  more  than  the  present  version.     Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as 
follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  Fasting,  praying,  weeping,  mourning." 
Verse  3,  line  4,     "Jesus'  blood  can  cleanse  them  all." 
Verse  4,  line  l,     "Let  that  mercy  veil  transgression." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Islington;  Windle;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth. 


311.     "Almighty  Lord,  before  Thy  throne" 

Miss  Anne  Steele,  "On  the  Public  Fast,  February  6,  1756."  Two 
verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The  text  is  considerably  altered, 
as  will  be  seen  from  the  following  original  version  of  the  verses  retained : — 

See^  gracious  God^  before  Thy  throne  What  impious  numbers,  bold  in  sin, 

Thy  mourning  people  bend  ;  Disgrace  the  Christian  name  ! 

'Tis  on  Thy  sovereign  grace  alone 

Our  humble  hopes  depend.  O  bid  us  turn,  ^/mighty  Lord  ! 

By  Thy  resistless  grace  ; 
7V^»?^«^oaj  judgments,  from  Thy  hand,     Then  shall  our  hearts  obey  Thy  word, 

Thy  dreadful  power  display  ;  And  humbly  seek  Thy  face. 

Yet  mercy  spares  our  guilty  land. 

And  still  we  live  to  pray.  Then,  should  insulting  foes  invade. 

We  will  not  yield  to  fear, 
How  changed,  alas  !  are  truths  divine  Secure  of  never-/ailing  3.\d, 

For  error,  guilt,  and  shame  !  ly  God,  our  God,  is  near. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Morrell 
and  How. 


annotations.  125 

312.     "  0  God  of  love,  0  King  of  peace." 

Henry  Williams  Baker  (186 1);  m''  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modej-n."    The 
text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Irish ;  A.  and  M.;  Alford. 


313.     "iV(?TO  may  the  God  of  grace  and  power." 

Isaac  Watts  (1719) ;  Psalm  xx.  This  version  is  made  up  of  verses  one, 
four,  five  and  seven,  and  is  somewhat  altered  in  parts,  as  will  be  seen  from 
the  following  corresponding  verses  in  the  original : — 

Now  may  the  God  oi  power  and  grace  Some  trust  in  horses  train'd  for  war, 

Attend  His  people's  humble  cry  ;  And  some  of  chariots  make  their  boasts  ; 

Jehovah  hears  when  Israel  prays.  Our  surest  expectations  are 

And  brings  deliverance  from  on  high.  From  Thee,  the  Lord  of  heavenly  hosts. 

In  His  salvation  is  our  hope  ;  Now  save  us,  Lord,  from  slavish  fear. 
And  in  the  Name  of  Israel's  God,  Now  let  our  hopes  be  firm  and  strong. 

Our  troops  shall  lift  their  banners  up,  Till  Thy  salvation  shall  appear. 
Our  navies  spread  their  flags  abroad.  And  joy  and  triumph  raise  the  song. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


314.     "  When  streaming  from  the  eastern  skies." 

William  Shrubsole  (18 13);  in  the  "  Christian  Observer."  This  hymn  is 
sometimes  erroneously  attributed  to  Sir  Robert  Grant.  The  text,  as  given 
by  Rogers,  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Mercer;  Elliott;  Marylebone;  Win- 
die;  Chope;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


315.     "Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds." 

John  Fawcett  (1772).  "This  hjmin  is  said  to  have  been  written  to 
commemorate  the  determination  of  its  author  to  remain  with  his  attached 
people  at  Wainsgate.  The  farewell  sermon  was  preached,  the  wagons 
were  loaded,  when  love  and  tears  prevailed,  and  Dr.  Fawcett  sacrificed 
the  attractions  of  a  London  pulpit  to  the  affection  of  his  poor  but  devoted 
flock."  {Miller.)  The  fifth  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted.  The 
verses  retained  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds  Before  our  Father's  throne 

Our  hearts  in  Christian  love  :  We  pour  our  ardent  prayers  ; 

The  fellowship  of  kindred  minds  Our  fears,  our  hopes,  our  aims  are  one  ; 

Is  like  to  that  above.  Our  comforts  and  our  cares. 


126  Annotations* 

We  share  our  mutual  woes,  But  we  shall  still  be  Join' d  in  heart, 
Our  mutual  burdens  bear  ;  And  hope  to  meet  again. 

And  often  for  each  other  flows 

The  sympathizing  tear.  From  sorrow,  toil,  and  pain, 
•  And  sin,  we  shall  be  free ; 

When  we  asunder  part.  And  perfect  love  and  friendship  reign 
It  gives  us  inward  pain  :  Throughout  eternity. 

John  Fawcett  was  bom  at  Lidget  Green,  Yorkshire,  in  1739.  In  1763, 
he  entered  the  ministry  of  the  Baptist  Communion,  and  two  years  after 
was  settled  in  a  pastorate  at  Wainsgate.  He  spent  his  life  there  and  at 
Hebden  Bridge,  in  the  same  neighbourhood.  He  died  in  18 1 7.  He 
published  some  theological  works,  and  a  hymn  book. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


316.     '^To  Sion's  hill  I  lift  my  eyes." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxxi. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;    Kemble;    S.  P.  C.  K.;    Barry;    Church; 
Islington ;  Windle ;  Morrell  and  How.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


317.     "  There  is  a  blessld  ho77ie!' 

Henry  Williams  Baker  (1861);  in  "  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern^  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish;  Sarum  ;  A.  and  M.; 
Alford;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Ref.  Ch. 


318.     ^^  Forth  in  Thy  Name,  0  Lord,  I  go." 

Charles  Wesley  (1749);  in  ^^  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems."  The  original 
has  six  verses,  of  which  the  third  is  here  omitted.  Lines  altered  in  the 
text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "And  prove  Thine  acceptable  will." 

Verse  3.  line  2,     "  Whose  eyes  mine  inmost  substance  see." 

Verse  5,  line  i,     "For  Thee  delightfully  employ." 

"    3,     "And  run  my  course  with  even  joy." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ; 
A.  and  M.;  Alford;  Church;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Bickersteth; 
Hymnary ;  Palmer.     Also  by  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


mnnotKtions*  127 

319.     "Jle  that  has  Gad  his  guardian  made." 

Tate  and  Brady  (l6g6);  Psalm  xci. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  HaU;  Kemble;  Barry;  Church;  Windle. 

320.     "  0  God,  my  gracious  God,  to  Thee!' 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  Ixiii.    ^  ^  ^     _,       , 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  S.  P.  C.  K^  Church. 

321.     "  Up  to  the  hills  I  lift  mine  eyes!' 

Isaac  Watts  (1719) ;  Psalm  cxxi.  As  given  by  Palmer  the  original  has 
seven  verses,  the  last  three  of  which  are  here  omitted.  The  text  of  the 
verses  retained  is  unaltered.  , 

This  hymn  is  adopted  byS.P.C.K.;   Elliott;   Marylebone;  Palmer, 

Also  by  Cong.;  Bapt. 

322.     "  We  build  with  fruitless  cost,  unless." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxxvii. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 

323.     "  When  I  can  trust  my  all  with  God." 

Josiah  Conder  (1818);  ^  On  the  Death  of  an  Infant  Son,  C.  7-C-^f- 
'Tan  1818."  This  hymn  appeared  in  the  author's  ''Star  in  the  East, 
.i?""(i824),  and  consisted  of  five  verses.  The  first  and  last  are  here  re- 
tained. The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  I.  hne  4,  which  in  the 
original  reads  '' sparins^"  instead  of  "  chastening. ' 

fSs  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Barry;  Elliott;  Windle;  Rogers. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 

324.     "My  God,  how  endless  is  Thy  love." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).  The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  2,  line  I, 
where  "curtain"  reads  "«<rto'«j"  in  the  original.  „,,.,,     ,,.     ,, 

Thts  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K  ;  Elliott;  Alford; 
Marylebone;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref. 
Ch. 


128  Annotations, 


325.     "  Saviour,  when  night  involves  the  skies," 

Thomas  Gisborne  (1803).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

The  author  was  born  at  Derby,  in  1758.  He  became  perpetual  Curate 
of  Barton-under-Needwood,  Staffordshire,  in  1783,  and  Prebendary  of 
Durham  in  1826.     He  died  in  1846. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Presb. 


326.     ^'  God  of  otir  fathers,  by  Whose  hand." 

This  hymn  was  claimed  by  John  Logan  (1781);  but  it  is  unquestionably 
Doddridge's  (1736),  altered  as  it  appears  in  his  collection  in  1755,  and  in 
the  "  Scotch  Paraphrases"  in  174$.  The  text  maybe  compared  with  that 
of  hymn  473  in  this  collection.  Under  the  latter  number  Doddridge's 
original  version  is  given. 

Of  Logan  sufficient  was  said  in  the  sketch  of  Michael  Bruce  (hymn 
222).  It  may  be  added  here,  however,  that  his  literary  dishonesty  and 
treachery  met  their  reward.     He  died  poor  and  neglected  in  London. 

In  the  present  form  this  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


327.     "  To-morrow,  Lord,  is  Thiney 

Philip  Doddridge  (1755).  The  text  (from  Palmer)  is  without  material 
alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Islington ;  Windle ; 
Bickersteth  ;  Palmer.     Also  by  Bapt. 


328.     ''Arise,  my  soul,  with  rapture  rise'' 

Samuel  J.  Smith  {d.  1835).  Appeared  in  Prayer  Book  Collection  (1826), 
and  in  the  author's  ''Miscellaneous  Writings  "  (1836).  The  material  alter- 
ations of  the  text  are  in  the  third  and  fourth  verses,  which  read  thus  in  the 
original : — 

But  can  it  be  that  Power  divine  Will  deign  to  lend  afaz'ottring  ear. 
Whose  throne  is  light's  unbounded  blaze  ;        When  I,  poor  abject  mortal,  pray  ? 

White  countless  worlds  and  angels  join  Yes,  boundless  goodness  !  He  will  hear, 
To  swell  the  glorious  song  of  praise,  Nor  cast  the  meanest  wretch  away. 

Samuel  J.  Smith  was  born  in  New  Jersey,  in  1771,  and  after  a  secluded 
life  on  his  paternal  estate  near  Burlington,  died  in  1835.  In  his  religious 
connection  he  was  a  Quaker. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Meth. 


Slnnotations. 


329.     "  New  every  morning  is  the  love," 


129 


Jolin  Keble  (1827).  This  hymn  is  composed  of  verses  six,  seven,  eight, 
foui"teen  and  sixteen,  of  the  opening  hymn  in  "  T/ie  Christian  Year."  It 
is  probable  that  this  Morning  Hymn — as  well  as  the  author's  Evening 
Hymn — were  composed  some  years  previous  to  their  publication  in  1827. 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Marylelsone;  Windle; 
Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


830.     "  Come,  my  soul,  thoic  must  be  waking" 

(Seele  du  muszt  munter  werden.) 

Baron  Von  Canitz  (1654);  translated  in  the  ^''British  Magazine"  July, 
1838.     The  text  (from  Sarum)  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  Hymnary. 

331.     "Christ,  Whose  glory  fills  tJie  skies, 

Charles  Wesley  (1740);  m.''  Hymns  and  Sacred  Poe?ns."  The  text  is 
unaltered,  though  possibly  in  verse  2,  line  5,  the  original  has  "Thou" 
instead  of  "  they." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Islington; 
Windle ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

333.     "Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun." 

Thomas  Ken  {d.  171 1).  It  is  related  of  the  author  that  he  often  sang 
his  morning  hymn,  before  dressing,  to  his  lute — probably  to  the  tune 
known  as  Tallis'  Canon.  The  fact  that  this  hymn  was  rewritten  at  least 
once,  and  probably  twice,  accounts  for  the  different  versions  in  use.  The 
version  in  Palmer's  "Book  of  Praise"  contains  the  author's  latest  cor- 
rections. It  has  fourteen  verses,  of  which  five  are  here  omitted.  The 
text  of  the  verses  retained  agrees  with  that  of  Palmer,  except  in  two  lines, 
which  he  gives  as  follows : — 

Verse  4,  line  4,     "  High  praise  to  the  eternal  King." 
Verse  5,  line  i,     "Awake!  Awake !  Ye  heavenly  choir," 
9 


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Stnnotattotts. 


Of  the  Doxology,  which  also  belongs  to  Ken's  Evening  Hymn,  Mont- 
gomery says :  "  It  is  a  masterpiece  at  once  of  amplification  and  compres- 
sion ;  amplification,  on  the  burthen,  '  Praise  God,'  repeated  in  each  line ; 
compression,  by  exhibiting  God  as  the  object  of  praise  in  every  view  in 
which  we  can  imagine  praise  due  to  Him ; — praise,  for  all  His  blessings, 
yea,  for  '  all  blessings,'  none  coming  from  any  other  source ;  praise  by  every 
creature,  specifically  invoked,  'here  below,'  and  in  heaven  'above;'  praise 
to  Him  in  each  of  the  characters  wherein  He  has  revealed  Himself  in 
His  Word — '  Father,  Son,  and  Holy  Ghost.'  "  Probably  there  is  no  other 
verse  in  existence  that  is  so  often  sung  by  all  bodies  of  Christians. 

Thomas  Ken  was  born  at  Little  Berkhampstead,  Hertfordshire,  in  July, 
1637.  He  studied  at  Winchester  and  Oxford,  graduating  B.  A.  1661,  and 
M.  A.  1664.  He  became  a  Fellow  of  New  College,  in  1657.  He  was 
ordained  in  1661,  and  after  holding  various  positions,  and  travelling  exten- 
sively, he  was  appointed  Chaplain  to  the  Prince  of  Orange,  in  1679,  and 
Chaplain  to  Charles  II.,  in  1682.  In  1684,  he  was  consecrated  Bishop  of 
Bath  and  Wells.  In  1688,  he  was  sent  to  the  Tower  for  refusing  to  read 
King  James'  "  Declaration  of  Indulgence."  In  1691,  as  a  non-juror,  he 
was  deprived  of  his  episcopal  office,  and  retired  to  Longleate,  Wiltshire, 
the  seat  of  Viscount  Weymouth,  where,  after  years  of  suffering,  he  died  in 
171 1.  It  is  said  that,  after  burying  him,  his  attendants  saluted  the  open- 
ing day  with  the  strains  of  his  "  Morning  Hymn."  The  best  account  of 
Ken  is  to  be  found  in  his  Life  by  Anderdon  (185 1).  His  hymns  have  been 
published  by  Sedgwick  (1864). 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford ; 
Church;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Morrell 
and  How^;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


333.     ''  All  praise  to  Thee,  my  God,  this  night r 

Thomas  Ken  {d.  171 1).  The  original  has  twelve  verses.  The  text  con- 
sists of  the  first  five  and  the  Doxology.  The  text  (from  Palmer)  is 
unaltered.  Of  twenty-five  Church  Hymnals  examined,  which  adopt  this 
hymn,  fifteen  have  the  first  words  as  in  the  text,  "  All  praise,"  and  ten  the 
word  "Glory." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  all  the  collections  examined. 


334.     "  The  day  is  past  and  gone y 

John  Leland  (d.  1841).  The  editor  is  not  sure  concerning  the  text;  it 
is  that  of  the  Prayer  Book  Collection,  but  differs  from  that  of  Bapt.  and 
Ref.  Ch.,  in  which  alone,  of  other  collections,  the  hymn  is  to  be  found. 

John  Leland  was  born  in  Grafton,  Massachusetts,  in  1754.  He  became 
a  Baptist  preacher.  He  was  a  man  of  great  eccentricity  of  character. 
He  published  several  works.     He  died  in  1841. 


Annotations.  131 

335.     "Abide  'with  me;  fast  falls  the  eve7iiide." 

Henry  Francis  Lyte  (1847).  "  It  is  related  that  in  the  Autumn  of  1847, 
just  before  taking  his  final  journey  to  Nice,  he  made  an  efibrt  to  preach 
to  his  congregation  once  more,  that  he  addressed  to  them  his  solemn  af- 
fecting parting  words,  and  administered  to  them  the  Lord's  Supper,  and 
on  retiring  to  rest  presented  to  a  dear  relative  this  hymn  with  the  music 
he  had  adapted  to  it."  {Miller)  The  original  has  eight  verses,  but  those 
of  the  text  are  the  verses  generally  adopted.  The  only  alterations  in  the 
text  are  in  verse  3,  line  4,  where  the  original  has  "  0"  instead  of  "  Lord," 
and  in  verse  5,  line  4,  "and"  instead  of  the  second  "in." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Windle; 
Canterbury;  Chope  ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ; 
Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


336.     "  Stm  of  my  soul,  Thou  Saviour  dear." 

John  Keble  (1827);  the  Evening  Hymn  in  "The  Christian  Year."  The 
original  has  fourteen  verses.  The  present  version  consists  of  the  six 
verses  usually  adopted.  The  changes  in  the  text  are  in  verse  2,  line  2, 
which  has  in  the  original  "wearied"  instead  of  "weary,"  and  in  verse  5? 
line  4,  "infant's"  instead  of  "infant." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church; 
Marylebone;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How;  Hymnal 
Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


337.     "  The  shadows  of  the  evening  hours." 

Miss  Adelaide  Anne  Proctor  (i860);  from  her  "Legends  and  Lyrics," 
Second  Series.     The  text  (from  Rogers)  is  unaltered. 

Adelaide  Anne  Proctor  was  born  in  London,  in  1825.  Her  father, 
Brian  W.  Proctor,  is  well  known  by  his  literary  noin  de  guerre  of  Barry 
Cornwall.  In  1853,  Miss  Proctor  became  a  contributor  to  Dickens' 
"Household  Words."  Her  reputation  as  a  poet  was  secured  by  the  pub- 
lication of  her  first  volume  of  "Legends  and  Lyrics,"  in  1858.  A  second 
volume  was  added  in  i860.  She  also  published  other  compositions  in 
poetry  and  prose.  She  died  in  1864.  She  was  a  member  of  the  Roman 
Catholic  Church. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Rogers. 


132 


Annotations. 


338.     "  Sweet  Saviour,  bless  us  ere  we  go." 


Frederick  William  Faber  (1848).  The  fourth  verse  of  the  original  is 
omitted.     The  text  contains  no  material  alterations. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  Peo- 
ple's; Alford;  Chope;  Hymnal  Noted;  Eickersteth ;  Hymnary.  Also  by 
Ref.  Ch. 


339.      ^^  Inspirer  and  Hearer  of  prayer  T 

Augustus  Montague  Toplady ;  in  the  "  Gospel  Magazine"  December. 
1774.  The  original  consists  of  six  eight-line  verses,  beginning  "  What 
tho'  my  frail  eyelids  refused  The  lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows 
in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "Beneficent  Hearer  of  prayer, 

"    2,        Tliou  Feeder  and  Guardian  of  Thine." 
"    4,     "  I,  sleeping  and  waking,  resign." 

Verse  5,  line  4,     "  T\iQ\x  gracious  Creator  and  mine." 

Augustus  M.  Toplady  was  bom  at  Farnham,  Surrey,  in  1740.  He 
studied  at  Westminster  School.  In  1762,  he  was  ordained  in  the  Church 
of  England,  and  soon  after  was  instituted  in  the  living  of  Blagdon,  Som- 
ersetshire. He  afterwards  held  the  living  of  New  Ottery,  and  in  176S, 
became  Vicar  of  Broad  Hembury,  Devonshire,  a  position  he  held  until 
his  death  in  1778.  He  was  the  author  of  a  large  number  of  hymns,  which 
have  been  collected  and  published  by  Sedgwick  .- 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble  ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Elliott; 
Windle;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Presb.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


840.     "  Softly  now  the  light  of  day." 

George  Washington  Doane  (1824);  in  "  Songs  by  the  Way''  The  text 
is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble.  Also  by  Presb.;  Meth.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


341.     "  The  day  is  past  and  over." 
(Tfp)  ijiiEpav  6ieW6)V.) 

S.  Anatolius  {d.  458);  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  in  his  "Hymns 
of  the  Eastern  Church"  (1862).  "This  little  hymn  is  a  great  favourite  in 
the  Greek  Isles.     It  is,  to  the  scattered  hamlets  of  Chios  and  Mitylene, 


annotations.  i,^ 

what  Bishop  Ken's  Evening  H}Tnn  is  to  the  villages  of  our  own  land." 
(^Daniel.)  Neale  revised  his  translation  in  1863.  The  text  has  no 
material  alterations  except  in  the  last  two  lines  of  the  fourth  verse,  which 
read  in  the  original  thus : — 

"  He  could  not  make  their  darkness  light, 
Nor  guard  them  thro'  the  hours  of  night" 

This  hjmin  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  A.  and  M.; 
People's;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth; 
Hymnary. 


342.     ''^Through  the  day  Thy  love  has  spared  tis." 

Thomas  Kelly  {1806).  The  text  (from  Palmer)  is  unaltered,  except  in 
verse  2,  line  5,  which  has  in  the  original  ''sad"  instead  of  "short." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Islington;  Marylebone; 
Windle ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer.  Also  by 
Cong. 


343.     "  Great  God,  to  Thee  my  evening  song." 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760).     Four  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted. 
Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  3,  line  4,     "And  fond  of  trifles,  vainly  rove." 
Verse  5,  line  i,     "Let  this  blest  hope  mine  eyelids  close." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;      Also  by  Presb.;   Cong.;    Meth.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


344.     "  God,  that  madesi  earth  and  lieaven" 

The  first  verse  is  by  Reginald  Heber  (1827);  the  second  by  Archbishop 
Whately.  It  has  been  thought  that  WTiately's  verse  was  suggested  by 
the  "  Compline  Antiphon  " : — 

"Salva,  nos,  DOMINE,  vigilantes,  custodi  nos  dormientes,  ut  vigilemus 
in  CHRISTO  et  requiescamus  in  pace." 

The  text  is  unaltered. 

Richard  WTiately  was  born  in  London,  in  1787.  He  was  educated  at 
Oriel  College,  Oxford,  graduating  B.  A.  in  1808,  and  M.  A.  in  1812.  He 
was  Fellow  of  Oriel  College,  1811;  Bampton  Lecturer,  1822;  Rector  of 
Halesworth,  1822;  Principal  of  S.  Alban  Hall,  Oxford,  and  D.  D.,  1825 ; 


J,.  ^nnotattono. 

Professor  of  Political   Economy,  Oxford,  1830;   Archbishop  of  Dublin, 
1831;  died  in  Dublin,  1863.     His  publications  are  very  numerous. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum; 
A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Marylebone ;  Windle;  Canter- 
bury ;  Chope ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Palmer.  Also 
by  Ref.  Ch. 


345.  "  The  sun  is  sinking  fast y 

(^Sol prceceps  rapitur) 

A  modern  Latin  hymn,  now  lost.  A  reward  was  recently  offered  for 
its  discovery,  but  in  vain.  Translated  by  Edward  Caswall  (1858)  in  his 
"Masque  of  Mary,  etc."  The  following  lines  are  the  original  of  portions 
altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "/«  death  reclined 

"    3,       Into  His  Father's  hands." 

Verse  7,  line  3,     "  Myself  for  ever  His." 

This  hjrmn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.; 
People's ;  Elliott ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bicker- 
steth; Hymnary. 

346.  "  The  day  of  praise  is  done." 

John  Ellerton  (1871).  "Some  of  his  hymns  appeared  in  1863,  in  the 
'Appendix  to  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,'  but  I  do  not  find  this  back  of 
1 871."  {Bird)  The  text  is  altered  in  three  lines  of  the  last  verse,  which 
read  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  6,  line  i,     "  Till  dawns  that  day  again, 
"    2,        The  day  that  knows  no  end, 
"    3,        When  songs  of  angels  and  of  men." 

This  hjmin  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


347.     "  Now  fro7n  the  altar  of  our  hearts." 

John  Mason  (1683) ;  in  "  Songs  of  Praise."  Four  verses  of  the  original 
are  here  omitted.  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  orig- 
inal : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "  Let  incense  fames  arise." 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "  More  feet  and  free  than  they." 

Verse  3,  line  l,     "  New  time,  new  favour,  and  new  joys." 


Slnnotations.  i^c 

Throughout  the  hymn  in  the  original  the  singular  pronouns  "/"  and 
'my"  are  used. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk,;  Rogers.     Also  by  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


348.     ' '  J/ail,  gladdening  Light,  of  His  pure  glory  poured*' 

Athenogenes;  translated  by  John  Keble,  in  ''Lyra  Aposiolica."     The 
text  (from  A.  and  M.)  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. 


349.     "  The  day  is  gently  sinking  to  a  close!' 

Christopher  Wordsworth  (1864);    in  the  Supplement  to   "The  Holy 
Year"     The  text  (from  Hymnary)  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hymnary. 


350.     "  Safely  through  another  week!' 

John  Newton  (1779).  Hymnologists  differ  as  to  the  text  of  this  hymn. 
The  Rev.  F.  M.  Bird  has  indicated  the  following  original  lines  of  portions 
altered  in  the  text : — 

Verse  i,  line  4,     "On  the  approaching  Sabbath  day!" 

Verse  3,  line  4,     "  Shine  away  our  sin  and  shame; 
"    5,        From  our  worldly  care  set  free." 

Verse  5,  line  5,     "  Thus  may  all  our  Sabbaths  prove!* 

This  hjTnn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Windle.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


351.     "Lord,  ivhen  this  holy  morning  broke!' 
Anonymous.     The  editor  is  unable  to  trace  this  hymn. 

It  cannot  be  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 

352.     "  yesus,  tender  Shepherd,  hear  me!' 

Mrs.  Mary  Lundie  Duncan  (1839);  composed  for  the  use  of  her  own 
little  children,  and  entitled  "Aft  Evening  Prayer!'  The  text  differs  in 
verse  3,  line  3,  from  that  in  Bickersteth,  which  reads : — 

"  Take  me,  when  /  die,  to  heaven." 


126  SCunotatCouB. 

Mary  L.  Duncan  was  the  daughter  of  the  Rev.  Robert  Lundie,  and 
was  born  at  Kelso,  in  1814.  She  was  educated  in  London.  In  1835,  she 
contributed  to  "■Ellis'  Missionary  Anmial."  She  was  married  in  1836  to 
the  Rev.  W.  Wallace  Duncan,  minister  of  Cleish.  After  her  marriage  she 
continued  to  devote  considerable  time  to  literary  labour,  but  died  at  an 
early  age,  in  1840. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Bapt. 


353.     "  The  winged  herald  of  the  day" 
{Ales  diei  nuncius.) 

Translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1851);  in  the  "Hymnal  Noted'' 
One  verse  of  the  translation  is  omitted.  The  last  verse  in  the  text  is  from 
another  of  Neale's  translations,  and  is  substituted  for  the  one  which  the 
translator  connected  with  the  hymn.  The  lines  of  which  the  following 
are  the  original,  are  also  altered : — 

Verse  l,  line  3,     "And  Christ  the  Lord  our  souls  excites, 
"    4,        And  so  to  endless  life  invites'' 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "And  chaste  and  Just  mid  sober  stand 
"    4,        And  watch  J  My  coming  is  at  hand" 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hymnal  Noted. 


854.     "  Dawn  purples  all  the  East  with  light!' 

{Aurora  jam  spargit polum^ 

Translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1851);  in  "Hymnal  Noted."     The 
lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "Dawn  sprinkles  all  the  East  with  light." 
"    3,     "  Morn's  glitteritig  rays  their  course  begin." 

Verse  2,  line  i,     "Each  phantom  of  the  night  depart." 

Verse  3,  line  4,     "Who  chant  the  song  we  sang  below." 

The  same  change  is  made  in  the  last  verse  as  in  the  preceding  hymn. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hymnal  Noted. 


355.     "  Come,  Holy  Ghost,  with  God  the  Son." 
(Nunc  Sancte  nobis  Spirittis^ 

The  daily  hymn  for  the  third  hour  in  the  Roman  and  Sarum  Breviaries, 
translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (185 1);  in  the  "Hymnal  Noted." 
"Wackernagel  ascribes  this  to  S.  Ambrose,  who  died  A.  D.  397.     Daniel 


SlnnotationB,  137 

in  his  first  volume  calls  it  Ambrosian  (a  term  applied  to  a  mass  of  hymns 
resembling  those  of  Ambrose  in  style  and  structure,  though  of  later  date) ; 
and  in  his  fifth  volume  refers  its  first  appearance  to  the  seventh  or  eighth 
century.  The  earliest  MS.  of  it  is  at  Darmstadt,  and  of  the  eighth  cen- 
tury. It  has  always  been  used  at  Terce  (the  third  hour).  The  Doxology 
is  a  later  addition."  (Bird's  "  Songs  of  the  Spirit"  p.  198.)  The  text  (from 
Hymnal  Noted)  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  Church ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Hymnary. 


356.     "  0  God  of  truth,  0  Lord  of  mights 

{Rector  potens,  verax  Deus^ 

Translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1851);  in  the  "Hymnal  Noted." 
"The  original  is  by  Ambrose;  vide  ' Hyinni  et  Colkctae'  (1585),  Cardinal 
Thomasius  and  Daniel."  (Miller.)  The  text  (from  Hymnal  Noted)  is 
altered  in  some  lines,  which  are  as  follows  in  that  Hymnal : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,     "\Vho  ord'rest  time  and  change  aright, 
"    3,        ^wi/j^^i^/'j/ the  early  morning  ray, 
"    4,        And  light' st  the  glow  of  perfect  day." 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "And  while  Thou  keep'st  the  body  whole." 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hymnal  Noted. 


357.     "0  God!  creation's  secret  force." 
{Rerum  Deus  tenax  vigor^ 

Translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1851);  in  the  "Hymnal  Noted." 
The  original  is  attributed  to  S.  Ambrose,  in  the  "  Hymni  et  Collectae." 
The  text  (from  Hymnal  Noted)  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum;  A.  and  M.;  Hymnal  Noted. 

358.     "As  now  the  sun's  declining  rays." 
{Labente  jam  solis  rotd^ 

Translated  from  the  Paris  Breviary  by  John  Chandler  (1837);  in  his 
"Hymns  of  the  Primitive  Church''  The  text  is  Chandler's  translation 
revised  by  the  compilers  of  "Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern'' 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's; 
Elliott;  Church;  Chope;  Hymnal  Noted;  Hymnary. 


i^S  Annotations. 

859.     ^'■Before  the  ending  of  the  day." 

( Te,  lucis  ante  ierminum.) 

The  Compline  Hymn;  translated  from  the  Roman  Breviary  by  John 
Mason  Neale  (1851);  in  the  '' Hymnal  Noted."  In  that  collection  the 
second  verse  reads  as  follows : — 

"  From  all  ill  dreams  defend  our  eyes, 
From  nightly  fears  and  fantasies  ; 
Tread  tinder  foot  our  ghostly  foe, 
That  no  pollution  we  may  know." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  Chope ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Hymnary. 


360.     "Father  of  mercies  !  in  Thy  word." 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760).  The  original  has  twelve  verses,  of  which  the 
text  contains  the  first,  ninth,  eleventh  and  twelfth  verses  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Alford;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Canterbury; 
Morrell  and  How  ;  Bickersteth ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth, 


361.     "The  heavens  declare  Thy  glory,  Lord." 

Isaac  Watts  (1719);  Psalm  xix.     The  text  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Barry;  Elliott;  Islington; 
Windle.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


362.     "  0  Word  of  God  incarnate." 

William  Walsham   How  (1867);    in  his  "Supplement  to  Psahns  and 
Hymns!'     The  text  (frqm  Bickersteth)  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary. 


363.     "  God' s perfect  law  converts  the  soul." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  xix. 

It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Windle. 


Annotations,  i^q 

364.     ^^  Behold  the  morning  sun" 

Isaac  Watts  (1719) ;  Psalm  xix.  The  original  has  eight  verses.  The 
verses  of  the  text  are  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Maryle- 
bone ;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


365.     "  A  glory  gilds  the  sacred pagey 

William  Cowper  (1779);  in  the  '^  Olney  Hymns."  The  first  verse  of 
the  original  is  here  omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

William  Cowper  was  bom  at  Berkhampstead,  Herts,  in  1731.  He 
studied  at  Westminster  School,  and  in  1754  was  called  to  the  bar.  Not 
devoting  himself  with  much  interest  to  his  profession,  his  influential 
friends  procured  for  him  various  clerkships ;  but  these  he  was  obliged  to 
relinquish  through  excessive  nervous  weakness.  He  was  induced  to  write 
verses  as  a  relief  to  his  habitual  melancholy.  In  1767,  he  went  to  reside 
at  Olney,  on  the  invitation  of  the  Rev.  John  Newton,  then  Curate  there. 
It  was  during  his  life  here  that  with  Newton  he  composed  the  "  Olney 
Hymns,"  though  from  an  attack  of  insanity  he  contributed  less  than  had 
been  expected  of  him.  In  this  collection  sixty-eight  hymns  are  by  Cow- 
per, and  two  hundred  and  eighty  by  Newton.  His  health  for  ten  years — 
1770  to  1780 — was  very  poor,  and  it  was  not  until  1780,  when  he  was 
nearly  fifty  years  of  age,  that  he  began  to  write  his  poems.  From  that 
time  until  his  death  in  1800,  he  published  many  works  which  have  given 
him  a  high  place  among  British  poets.  His  burial  place  is  in  S.  Nicholas' 
Church,  East  Dereham. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


366.     "  Thy  word  is  to  my  feet  a  lamp," 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxix. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K, 


367.     "  There  is  a  book,  who  runs  may  read." 

John  Keble  (1819);  in  "The  Christian  Year"  (1827);  under  the  title 
"  Septuagesima  Sunday!'  The  original  has  twelve  verses,  of  which  six 
are  here  omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Sarum  ;  Single- 
ton; A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Marylebone;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth; 
Palmer ;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb. 


140 


WLnnotations, 


368.     '■'■Instruct  me  in  Thy  statutes,  Lord." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  cxix. 
This  is  adopted  by  Fr.  Bk.;  Hall. 


369.     "■Salvation,  0  the  joyful  sound  !" 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).  The  Doxology  '^  Glory,  honour,  praise  and  power, 
etc."  added  to  each  verse,  is  not  by  Watts,  but  is  a  "  simple  translation  of 
a  prose  chorus  of  S.  Theodulph  (see  preface  to  '■Dies  Irae'  by  Dr.  Irons)." 
Otherwise  the  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Elliott;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Bickersteth; 
Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


370.     "  Saviour,  sotirce  of  every  blessing." 

Rewritten  In  the  Prayer  Book  Collection  (1826),  from  a  hymn  by 
Robert  Robinson  {d.  1790).  The  authorship  of  this  hymn,  or  rather  the 
one  ascribed  to  Robinson,  has  been  the  subject  of  much  controversy;  but 
the  strongest  evidence  seems  to  give  it  to  Robinson.  For  a  full  discussion 
of  the  question  the  reader  is  referred  to  Miller's  "  Singers  and  Songs  of 
the  Church"  p.  267,  and  Rogers'  "Lyra  Britannica"  p.  671.  The 
following  is  the  original  version : — 


Come,  Thou  fount  of  every  blessing, 
Tune  mine  heart  to  sing  Thy  grace  ; 

Streams  of  mercy,  never  ceasing, 
Call  for  songs  of  loudest  praise. 

Teach  me  some  melodious  sonnet. 
Sung  by  flaming  tongues  above  ; 

Praise  the  mount ;  I'm  fix'd  upon  it ! 
Mount  of  God's  unchanging  love. 

Here  I  raise  my  Ebenezer ; 

Hither,  by  Thine  help,  I'm  come  ; 
And  I  hope,  by  Thy  good  pleasure. 

Safely  to  arrive  at  home. 


Jesus  sought  me  when  a  stranger 
Wandering  from  the  fold  of  God  ; 

He,  to  rescue  me  from  danger, 
Interposed  with  precious  blood. 

Oh,  to  grace  how  great  a  debtor. 
Daily,  I'm  constrain'd  to  be  ! 

Let  that  grace  now,  like  a  fetter. 
Bind  my  wandering  heart  to  Thee. 

Prone  to  wander.  Lord,  I  feel  it ; 

Prone  to  leave  the  God  I  love ; 
Here's  mine  heart — oh,  take  and  seal  it ! 

Seal  it  from  Thy  courts  above. 


Robert  Robinson  was  born  at  S  waff  ham,  Norfolk,  in  1735.  In  1749, 
he  was  apprenticed  to  a  hairdresser,  in  Crutched  Friars,  London.  Hear- 
ing a  discourse  preached  by  Whitefield  on  "The  Wrath  to  Come,"  in 
1752,  he  was  deeply  impressed,  and  after  a  period  of  much  disquietude, 
he  gave  himself  to  a  religious  life.  His  own  peculiar  account  of  this 
change  of  life  is  as  follows: — "Robertus  Michaelis  Mariaeque  Robinson 
filius.  Natus  Swaffhami,  comitatu  Norfolciae,  Saturni  die  Sept.  27,  1735. 
Renatus  Sabbati  die.  Mali  24,  1752,  per  predicationem  potentem  Georgii 


Stnnotstions.  j^i 

Whitefield.  Et  gustatis  doloribus  renovationis  duos  annos  mensesque 
septem,  absolutionem  plenam  gratuitamque,  per  sanguinem  pretiosum 
Jesu  Christi,  inveni  (Tuesday,  December  lo,  1755),  cui  sit  honor  et  gloria 
in  secula  seculorum.  Amen."  He  soon  after  began  to  preach,  and  minis- 
tered for  some  time  in  connection  with  the  Calvinistic  Methodists.  He 
subsequently  joined  the  Independents,  but  after  a  short  period  preferred 
the  Baptist  connection.  In  1761,  he  became  pastor  of  a  Baptist  congre- 
gation at  Cambridge.  About  the  year  1780,  he  began  to  incline  towards 
Unitarianism,  and  at  length  his  people  deemed  it  essential  to  procure  his 
resignation.  While  arrangements  for  this  purpose  were  in  progress  he 
died  suddenly  at  Bingham,  in  June,  1790.  He  wrote  and  published  a 
good  many  works  of  ability. 

This  hymn — in  its  original  or  rewritten  form — is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. ; 
Kemble;  Barry;  Mercer;  Church;  EUiott;  Windle;  Islington;  Irish. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


871.     "  All  glorious  God,  what  hymns  of  praise." 

Philip  Doddridge  {d.  1751).  This  is  from  the  author's  hymn  No.  298; 
but  lines  3  and  4,  of  verse  2,  and  i  and  2,  of  verse  3,  do  not  appear  to  be 
his.     Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     "What  flaming  love  and  zeal  is  due." 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "Zc  what  tritimphant  grace  is  shown." 

Verse  4,  line  I,     ^^  Far,  far,  beyond  these  mortal  shores, 
"    2,        A  bright  inheritance  is  ours." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


373.     "  To  our  Redeemer's  glorious  Name" 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760).      The  third  verse  of  the  original  is  here 
omitted.     Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  Jesus  Who  left  His  throne  on  high." 
"    3,     "  And  came  on  earth  to  bleed  and  die." 

This  h5Tnn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


373.     "  Sing,  my  soul.  His  wondrous  love." 

The  editor  is  unable  to  trace  this  hjrmn  further  than  the  Prayer  Book 
Collection  (1826),  by  which  alone,  of  the  Hymnals  examined,  it  is 
adopted. 


142 


gl  n  n  0 1  a  1 1 0  n  s. 


374.     "  0  could  I  speak  the  matchless  ■worth." 


Samuel  Medley  {d.  1799).  The  original  has  eight  verses,  of  which  the 
text  is  the  second,  sixth  and  eighth.  The  only  lines  altered  in  the  text 
are  in  the  original  as  follows : — 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  Well,  the  delightful  day  will  come 

"    2,        When  He,  dear  Lord !  will  bring  me  home." 

Samuel  Medley  was  born  at  Cheshunt,  Hertfordshire,  in  1738.  He  was 
apprenticed  at  mercantile  business  in  London,  but  not  liking  this  employ- 
ment, he  entered  the  navy  as  midshipman.  In  his  early  life  he  was  very 
irreligious,  but  being  invalided  for  several  months  by  a  wound  received  in 
action,  he  was  led  to  reflection  and  a  change  of  life.  Soon  after  he  entered 
the  Baptist  ministry,  and  passed  the  remainder  of  his  life  in  ministerial 
work  at  Watford,  Herts,  and  Liverpool.  He  died  in  1799.  He  was  the 
author  of  a  large  number  of  hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref. 
Ch. 


375.     "Peace,  troubled  soul,  whose  plaintive  moan" 

Walter  Shirley  (^.  1786);  in  "Lady  Huntingdon's  Collection."  The  first 
and  fourth  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The  two  verses  re- 
tained are,  in  the  original,  as  follows : — 

Peace,  troubled  soul,  whose  plaintive  moan,  Come,  freely  come,  by  sin  opprest, 

Hath  taught  these  rocks  the  note  of  woe  ;  Unburthen  here  thy  weighty  load  ; 

Cease  thy  complaint,  suppress  thy  groan,  Here  find  thy  reftcge  and  thy  rest, 

And  let  thy  tears  forget  to  flow :  Safe  on  the  bosom  of  thy  God  ; 

Behold,  the  precious  balm  is  found.  Thy  God's  thy  Saviour,  glorious  word  ; 

Which   lulls   thy  pain,  which   heals   thy  Which  sheathes  th^  avenger's  glittering 

wound.  sword. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Elliott.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt. 


376.     "  Grace !  His  a  charming  sound" 

Philip  Doddridge  {d.  1751).  "This  hymn  resembles,  and  may  have 
been  taken  from,  one  by  the  Moravian  hymn-writer,  Esther  Griinbeck, 
who  was  born  at  Gotha  in  1717,  and  died  in  1796.  Her  hymn  is  No.  327 
of  the  'Hymn  Book  of  the  United  Brethren,'  and  begins:  '  Grace !  grace ! 
oh  that's  a  joyful  sound.'"  {Miller)     The  text  (from  Rogers)  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Barry;  Irish;  Ishngton; 
Windle ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


^nnotattons. 


377.     "He's  blest,  whose  sins  have  pardon  gained." 


143 


Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xxxii. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall. 


378.     "  All  ye  who  seek  foy  sure  relief." 

(^Quictimqzce  certum  qtiaeritis^ 

From  the  Roman  Breviary;  translated  by  Edward  Caswall  (1848)  in 
"Lyra  Catholica."  This  hymn  is  not  in  most  editions  of  the  Roman 
Breviary,  but  it  may  be  found  in  the  "  Mechlin  Edition,"  for  the  use  of 
the  Kingdom  of  Spain,  and  the  dioceses  of  Liege  and  Namur.  Lines 
altered  in  the  text  are,  in  the  original  translation,  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  I,     "All  ye  who  seek  a  certain  cure'' 
Verse  4,  line  i,     "  0  Heart,  thou  joy  of  saints  on  high." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Chope;  Hymal  Noted; 
Hymnary. 


379.     "Ah,  not  like  erring  man  is  God." 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  (1826);  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection 
(No.  14)  from  which  the  text  is  taken,  the  first  two  verses  being  here 
omitted. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Presb. 


380.     "  When,  wounded  sore,  the  stricken  soul'' 

Mrs.  Cecil  Frances  Alexander  (1858);  in  her  "Hymns  Descriptive  and 
Devotional"  The  only  lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the 
original : — 

Verse  i,  line  4,     "  Can  salve  the  sinner's  wound." 
Verse  2,  line  i,     "When  sorrow  swells  the  laden  breast'' 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford; 
Canterbury;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers. 


144  ^niTotations, 


381.     "  Come,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy!' 

Joseph  Hart  (1759);  in  '■'■Hymns  Composed  on  Various  Subjects."  The 
original,  as  given  by  Rogers,  has  seven  verses,  of  which  the  third  is  here 
omitted.     Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  l,  line  l,     "Come  ye  sinners,  poor  and  wretched" 
"    4,     "  Full  of  pity,  joined  with  power," 

Verse  3,  line  2,     "  Bruised  and  broken  by  the  fall." 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "  Vieio  Him  groveling  in  the  garden, 
"    2,       Lo,  your  Maker  prostrate  lies." 

Verse  5,  line  i,     "Lo,  the  incarnate  God  ascend^c?." 

Verse  6,  line  3,     "  While  the  blissful  seats  of  heaven." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Islington;  Windle;  Canterbury; 
Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


882.     '■^  Ah,  how  shall  fallen  man" 

"  Probably  by  Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  ;  rewritten  in  the  Prayer  Book 
Collection  (1826);  from  the  '■Scotch  Paraphrase^  No.  7  (Cameron),  which 
again  is  rewritten  from  Watts,  Book  I.,  Hymn  86."  {Bird.) 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth. 


883.     "  There  is  a  fountain  fill'  d  with  blood." 

William  Cowper  (1779).  The  original  has  seven  verses,  the  last  two  of 
which  are  here  omitted.  Lines  3  and  4,  of  verse  2,  were  originally  written 
as  follows : — 

"  And  there  have  I,  as  vile  as  he. 
Washed  all  my  sins  away." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Singleton ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Chope ; 
Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


384.     "  The  voice  of  free  grace." 

Ascribed  to  one  Thursby,  or  Thornby,  of  whom,  as  well  as  of  the  text 
of  the  hymn,  the  editor  is  unable  to  give  any  information. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref,  Ch. 


Annotations. 


385.     "  No'lV  to  the  Latnb  that  once  zvas  slain." 


145 


Isaac  Watts  (1709);  in  his  '^'  ITyms."  The  text  is  the  sixth  and  seventh 
verses  of  the  author's  hymn  beginning,  "  Behold  the  g!o7-ies  of  the  Lamb" 
which  may  be  found  in  No.  123,  of  this  collection.  The  only  alteration 
in  the  text  of  these  verses  is  in  verse  i,  line  4,  where  the  original  has 
"Thy"  instead  of  "his." 

This  hymn — as  in  No.  123 — is  adopted  by  the  collections  there  referred 
to,  but  in  this  shorter  form  by  none  of  those  examined. 


386.     "  0  Thoic  that  hearst  when  shiners  cry." 

Isaac  Watts  (1719);  Psalm  li.,  3d  Part.  The  fourth,  sixth  and  seventh 
verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The  text  of  the  verses  retained 
is  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Elliott;  Church;  Islington. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


387.     "  Stay,  Thou  long-suffering  Spirit,  stay." 

Charles  Wesley  (1749).  The  second,  fifth  and  sixth  verses  of  the 
original  are  here  omitted.  Portions  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in 
the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "Stay,  Thou  insulted  ?)^\x\t,  stay." 

Verse  2,  line  2,     "  Of  all  who  e'er  Thy  grace  received." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "Yet  O  the  chief  of  sinners  spare." 

Verse  4,  line  l,     "From  now  my  weary  soul  release, 

"    2,  Upraise  me  with  Thy  gracious  hand  ; 

"    3,       And  guide  into  Thy  perfect  peace." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Mercer;  Elliott.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


388,     "  0  Jesus,  Saviotir  of  the  lost!' 

Edward  Henry  Bickersteth  (1858).  The  text  is  from  the  author's 
"Hymnal  Companion  to  the  Book  of  Common  Prayer"  (1870),  unaltered. 

Edward  Henry  Bickersteth  was  born  in  London,  in  1825.  His  father, 
the  Rev.  Edward  Bickersteth,  is  well  known  for  his  theological  and 
devotional  writings.      He  was  educated  at  Trinity  College,  Cambridge. 


146  glnnotations. 

where  he  graduated  in  1847.  After  his  ordination,  he  became  Curate  of 
Barmingham,  Norfolk,  and  subsequently  ministered  at  Tunbridge  Wells. 
In  1852,  he  became  Rector  of  Hinton  Martell,  Dorset.  In  1855,  he 
obtained  the  incumbency  of  Christ  Church,  Hampstead,  his  present 
charge.  Mr.  Bickersteth  is  the  author  of  several  religious  works  in  prose 
and  poetry. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Bickersteth ;  Palmer.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


889.     "  O  that  my  load  of  sin  were  gone." 

Charles  Wesley  (1742).  Except  in  the  omission  of  several  verses,  the 
text  has  no  material  variation  from  the  original. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch 


390.     "  0  lei  triumphant  faith  dispel." 

From  the  "  Scotch  Paraphrase"  No.  48  (Michael  Bruce) ;  rewritten  in 
the  Prayer  Book  Collection  (1826). 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


391.     "  Rock  of  Ages,  clef  t  for  me." 

Augustus  Montague  Toplady  (1776) ;  in  the  "Gospel Magazine"  (March 
1776),  with  the  title  "A  Living  and  Dyitig  Prayer  for  the  Holiest  Believer 
in  the  World."  "  The  hymn  is  given  at  the  end  of  an  article  in  prose, 
which  is  a  spiritual  improvement  of  a  preceding  article,  signed  'J.  F.,' 
and  entitled  '  Questions  and  Answers  Relative  to  the  National  Debt.'  By 
numerical  calculations  the  number  of  a  man's  sins  is  shown  to  be  very 
great,  and  that  of  all  the  redeemed  therefore  overwhelming,  and  hence  the 
unspeakable  value  of  Christ's  atonement — and  then  this  hymn  is  intro- 
duced. It  has  been  the  favourite  hymn  of  many  Christians ;  has  given 
great  comfort  in  sickness  (e.  g.  of  Prince  Albert  in  his  dying  hour).  Dr. 
Pomeroy  relates  that  a  few  years  ago,  when  in  an  Armenian  Church  at 
Constantinople,  he  observed  many  weeping  as  they  sang,  and  found  on 
enquiry  that  they  were  singing  a  translation  of  this  affecting  hymn." 
{Miller.)     Dr.  Pusey  calls  this  "  the  most  deservedly  popular  hymn." 

The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  4,  lines  2  and  3,  which  read 
in  the  original, — 

"  Whilst  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath. 
When  my  eyestrings  break  in  death." 

Of  this,  Dr.  Schaff  says:  "Better  '^Vhen  my  eyelids  close  in  death.' 
This  change,  though  not  strictly  correct,  is  one  of  the  very  rare  instances 


Slnnotcitions.  147 

in  which  compilers  of  hymn  books  have  improved  upon  the  author.  Gen- 
erally, the  endless  alterations  of  English  and  German  hymns  are  changes 
for  the  worse.  Even  this  invaluable  hymn  has  been  subjected  to  ruthless 
mutilations."  ("  Christ  in  Song,"  p.  462.)  The  alterations  'in  this  hymn, 
as  it  is  given  in  some  collections,  reduce  it  to  three  verses.  Of  twenty-five 
church  collections  examined  by  the  editor,  twenty-four  adopt  this  hymn ; 
six  of  these,  in  the  mutilated  form,  and  eighteen,  in  the  form  here  given, 
with  occasional  immaterial  differences.  So  also  three  of  the  five  collec- 
tions of  other  religious  bodies  adopt  it  practically  in  the  original  form  of 
four  verses. 

The  following  is  the  original  version  of  the  hymn ;  with  a  Latin  trans- 
lation by  the  Right  Hon.  W.  E.  Gladstone,  published  by  Quaritch 
(1861):— 

Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me,  Jesus,  pro  me  perforatus, 

Let  me  hide  myself  in  Thee  ;  Condar  intra  Tuum  Latus  ; 

Let  the  water  and  the  blood,  Tu  per  Lympham  profluentem, 

From  Thy  riven  side  which  flow'd,  Tu  per  Sanguinem  tepentera, 

Be  of  sin  the  double  cure,  In  peccata  mi  redunda, 

Cleanse  me  from  its  guilt  and  power.  Tolle  culpam,  sordes  munda  ! 

2  Not  the  labours  of  my  hands  2*Nil  in  manu  mecum  fero, 
Can  fulfil  Thy  law's  demands  ;  Sed  me  versus  Crucem  gero : 
Could  my  zeal  no  respite  know,  Vestimenta  nudus  oro, 
Could  my  tears  for  ever  flow,  Opem  debilis  imploro. 

All  for  sin  could  not  atone,  Fontem  Christi  quaero  immundus, 

Thou  must  save,  and  Thou  alone.  Nisi  laves,  moribundus. 

3  Nothing  in  my  hand  I  bring  ;  3*Coram  Te  nee  Justus  forem, 
Simply  to  Thy  cross  I  cling ;  Quamvis  tota  vi  laborem. 
Naked,  come  to  Thee  for  dress ;                         Nee  si  fide  nunquam  cesso, 
Helpless,  look  to  Thee  for  grace  :  Fletu  stillans  indefesso  ; 
Foul,  I  to  the  fountain  fly ;                                  Tibi  soli  tantum  munus— 
Wash  me,  Saviour,  or  I  die.                                 Salva  me,  S.\lvator  Unus  ! 

4  Whilst  I  draw  this  fleeting  breath,  4  Dum  hos  artus  vita  regit. 
When  my  eyestrings  break  in  death,  Quando  nox  sepulcro  tegit ; 
When  I  soar  through  tracts  unknown,  Mortuos  quum  stare  jubes. 
See  Thee  on  Thy  judgment  throne,                  Sedens  Judex  inter  nubes  ;— 
Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me,          ,                      Jesus,  pro  me  perforatus, 
Let  me  hide  myself  in  Thee.                               Condar  intra  Tuum  Latus ! 

*  It  will  be  seen  that  these  verses  are  transposed  by  the  translator. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble  ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  EUiott ;  Alford; 
Church  ;  Islington  ;  Marylebone  ;  Windle  ;  Canterbury ;  Chope  ;  Morrell 
and  How;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


392.     "yiisi  as  I  am, — without  one  plea." 

Miss  Charlotte  Elliott  (1836).     The  text  (from  Rogers)  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Singleton;  Elliott;  Alford;  Windle;  Canterbury;  MorreU  and  How; 
Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


148  SlnnotatioiTH. 


393;     "yesii,  Lover  of  my  soul" 


Charles  Wesley  (1740).  The  third  and  fourth  verses  of  the  original  are 
here  omitted.  The  twenty-five  collections  of  the  church,  and  five  of  other 
religious  bodies,  examined,  adopt  this  hymn.  Of  these,  one  reads  in  the 
first  line  "Saviour"  instead  of  "-Lover;"  six  read  "Refuge"  instead  of 
''Lover,"  and  twenty  read  "  Lover,"  as  it  was  written. 


394.     "Jesus,  my  Saviour !  look  on  me'' 

The  "  Sarum  Hymnal"  (from  which  the  text  is  taken)  ascribes  this 
hymn  to  the  Rev.  Dr.  J.  R.  Macduff,  a  clergyman  of  the  Church  of  Scot- 
land, in  Glasgow.  His  writings,  of  a  practical  and  spiritual  character, 
have  had  a  large  sale. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum. 


395.     "How  sweet  the  name  of  "jfestis  sounds" 

John  Newton  (1779).  It  has  been  thought  that  this  hymn  was  suggested 
by  Bernard's  "  yesti  dulcis  me7?ioria."  The  fourth  verse  of  the  original  is 
here  omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P. C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford ;  Church;  Islington; 
Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ; 
Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


396.     "For  ever  here  my  rest  shall  be." 

Charles  Wesley  (1740);  the  last  four  verses  of  a  hymn  beginning, 
"  Jesus,  Thou  art  my  Jiighteousness"     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  Singleton;  Windle;  Canterbury. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth. 


397.     "A  jnotmiain  fastness  is  our  God." 
(Ein'  feste  Burg.) 

Martin  Luther  (1529);  a  rendering  of  Psalm  xlvi.;  translated  by  Wil- 
liam Rollinson  Whittingham,  in  "  Hymns  for  Church  ajid  Home,"  except 
the  last  verse,  the  author  of  which  is  unknown  to  the  editor. 

"This  hymn  was  written  in  the  year  when  the  Evangelical  princes 
delivered  that  protest  at  the  Diet  of  Spires  from  which  'Protestants'  take 
their  name.     Luther  used  often  to  sing  it  in   1530,  while  the  Diet  of 


Stitnotattons. 


149 


Augsburg  was  sitting.  It  soon  became  a  favourite  psalm  with  the  people. 
It  was  one  of  the  watchwords  of  the  Reformation,  cheering  armies  to  con- 
flict, and  sustaining  believers  in  the  hour  of  fiery  trial.  The  first  line  of 
this  psalm  is  inscribed  on  Luther's  tomb,  at  Wittenberg.  It  has  been 
called  the  national  hymn  of  Protestant  Germany."  (^Miller.) 

Martin  Luther  was  born  at  Eisleben,  Germany,  in  1483.  His  parents 
were  poor,  but  through  the  assistance  of  friends  he  received  a  good 
education.  At  the  age  of  eighteen,  he  went  to  the  University  of  Erfurth, 
where  he  made  great  attainments,  and  was  much  admired  for  his  genius. 
At  the  age  of  twenty-two,  he  entered  the  monastery  of  S.  Augustine,  at 
Erfurth.  In  150S,  on  the  invitation  of  the  Elector  of  Saxony,  he  under- 
took the  office  of  Professor  of  Philosophy  in  Wittenberg  University ; 
soon  after,  he  became  Bachelor  of  Divinity,  and  was  called  to  expound 
the  Scriptures  daily  to  the  members  of  the  University.  About  this  time 
he  took  the  journey  to  Rome,  which,  by  what  he  saw,  made  him  an  enemy 
to  the  Papacy.  His  career  from  that  time,  in  the  work  of  the  Reforma- 
tion, is  well  known.  He  died  in  1546.  Luther  was  the  author  of  many 
exegetical  and  controversial  works.  He  was  very  fond  of  music  and 
poetry.  Music  he  ranked  next  in  place  to  theology.  He  made  metrical 
versions  of  many  of  the  Psalms,  and  also  translated  some  of  the  best 
Latin  hymns. 

William  RoUinson  Whittingham  was  born  in  New  York  in  1805 ; 
graduated  at  the  General  Theological  Seminaiy,  in  1825  ;  was  ordained  in 
1827;  became  Rector  of  S.  Luke's  Church,  New  York,  in  1S31 ;  Profes- 
sor of  Ecclesiastical  History  in  the  General  Seminaiy,  in  1835 ;  was  con- 
secrated Bishop  of  Maryland  in  1840,  and  still  presides  over  that  diocese. 
He  has  edited  several  periodicals  and  some  standard  works. 

This  translation  is  not  adopted  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


398.     "  Hotv  firm  a  foundation,  ye  saints  of  the  Lord." 

George  Keith  (?)  (1787).  The  authorship  of  this  hymn  is  uncertain.  It 
originally  appeared  in  '' Rippon's  Selection"  {i"]?)-])  bearing  the  signature 

"K ,"  several  other  hymns  in  tlie  selection  being  similarly  marked. 

In  subsequent  collections  the  name  "Kirkham"  was  attached  to  it.  But 
in  a  collection  of  hjTnns  edited  by  Thomas  Kirkham,  this  does  not  appear. 
Belcher  attributes  it  to  a  "John  Kirkham."  Fletcher,  in  his  Collection 
(1822)  ascribes  it  to  Keen.  Spurgeon,  in  his  recent  hymn-book,  assigns 
it  to  "  Kirkham  or  Kennedy."  Sedgwick  assigns  it  to  "  Keith,"  who 
was  a  publisher,  a  son-in-law  of  Dr.  Gill,  and  the  composer  of  several 
hymns.     The  second  and  sixth  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted. 

Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  5,  line  i,     "  The  soul  that  on  Jesus  hath  lean'd  for  repose." 

"    3,     "  That  soul,  though  all  hell  should  endeavour  to  shake." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


igo  Annotations, 

399.  "  Approach,  my  soul,  the  mercy  seat." 

John  Newton  (1779).  The  sixth  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted. 
The  text  (from  Palmer)  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry;  Singleton; 
Islington;  Windle ;  Bickersteth;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb.;  Bant.;  Ref. 
Ch. 

400.  ^^  Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray  aright T 

James  Montgomery  (1819);  in  "■  Cotterill's  Selection."  The  text  con- 
tains the  first,  fifth,  seventh  and  eighth  verses  of  the  original  eight  verses 
as  given  by  Rogers,  without  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble  ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Islington ; 
Windle ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Rogers.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


401.     "  Cofiie,  my  soul,  thy  stdi  prepare." 

John  Newton  (1779).  The  fifth  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted. 
The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry;  Elliott;  Maryle- 
bone;  Windle;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Meth.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


402.     "  Shepherd  divine,  our  wants  relieve." 

Charles  Wesley  (1749).     The  sixth  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted. 
Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  4,     "  The  power  to  watch  and  pray.'' 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "  The  Spirit  t»y"  interceding  grace 
"    2,        Give  us  in  faith  to  claim." 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "  Till  Thou  ^e perfect  love  impart." 

Verse  5,  line  4,     "  And  make  me  all  like  Thee." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M.;  People's.     Also  by  Meth. 


403.      "■'  Fro>7i  every  stormy  wind  that  blows" 

Hugh  Stowell  (1832);  in  "  Pleasures  of  Religiott,  with  other  Poems," 
under  the  title  "  Peace  at  the  Mercy-seat."  The  fourth  and  sixth  verses 
of  the  original,  as  given  by  Rogers,  are  here  omitted.  In  verse  3,  line  4, 
the  original  has  "  the  "  instead  of  "  one."     Otherwise  the  text  is  unaltered. 


Annotations.  jej 

Hugh  Stowell  was  born  in  1799,  at  Douglas,  Isle  of  Man.  In  1818, 
he  entered  S.  Edmund's  Hall,  Oxford,  where  he  graduated  in  1822.  In 
1823,  he  took  Orders.  For  two  years  he  was  Curate  of  Shapscombe, 
Gloucestershire,  and  of  Trinity  Church,  Huddersfield.  He  then  accepted 
the  charge  of  S.  Stephen's  Church,  Salford.  In  1845,  he  was  made 
honorary  Canon  of  Chester,  and  subsequently  Rural  Dean  of  Salford. 
He  died  in  1865.  Mr.  Stowell  contributed  to  some  serials,  and  published 
several  volumes  of  his  writings.  In  1831,  he  edited  "^  Collection  of 
Psalms  and  Hymns  suited  to  the  Services  of  the  Church  of  England'' 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Barry;  Windle;  Bickersteth; 
Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


404.     "  Prayer  is  the  sotd's  sincere  desire." 

James  Montgomery  (1819) ;  in  "  Cotterill's  Selection,"  where  it  appeared 
in  four  eight-line  verses.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Barry;  Elliott;  Alford;  Windle; 
Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.: 
Ref.  Ch. 


405.     "'  All  people  that  on  earth  do  dwell'' 

Psalm  c.  This  is,  perhaps,  the  most  generally  adopted  of  the  metrical 
Psalms.  The  following  extract  from  Miller's  "  Singers  and  Songs  of  the 
Church"  on  the  question  of  the  authorship  of  this  version  is  of  interest 
and  value.  "  It  has  been  customary  to  attribute  this  psalm  to  Hopkins, 
but  not  on  good  grounds.  It  is  superior  to  his  productions.  Some  have 
supposed  that  this  psalm  was  by  William  Kethe,  who  was  an  exile  with 
Knox,  at  Geneva,  in  1555.  He  was  Chaplain  to  the  English  forces  in  Havre, 
in  1563,  and  also  had  the  parish  of  Okeford,  in  Dorset.  The  old  Psalter,  of 
which  a  copy  exists  in  the  Library  of  S.  Paul's  Cathedral,  London,  had 
twenty-five  psalms  added  to  it  in  1561,  all  of  which,  except  the  above 
looth,  had  Kethe's  initials,  '  W.  K.'  That  psalm  had  the  initials  '  T.  S.,' 
for  Thomas  Sternhold ;  but  as  those  initials  were  not  afterwards  repeated, 
it  is  supposed  that  that  psalm  was  also  by  William  Kethe ;  and  it  is  said 
that  in  another  edition  of  the  same  year,  '  W.  K.'  was  put  to  this  render- 
ing, and  in  the  'Scottish  Psalter'  of  1564,  this  psalm  has  the  initials 
'W.  K.'  Internal  evidence  is  also  thought  to  support  this  view.  In  Dr. 
Williams's  Library,  there  is  a  sermon,  printed  in  black  letter,  preached  at 
Blandford,  Dorset,  January  17,  1571,  at  the  session  held  there,  'By  Wil- 
liam Kethe,  minister  and  preacher  of  God's  Word.' 

"  'The  whole  Booke  of  Psalmes  collected  into  Englyshe  Meter,  by 
Thomas  Sternhold,  J.  Hopkins,  and  Others'  (1564),  of  which  there  is  a 
copy  hi  the  British  Museum,  contains  sixty-two  psalms  by  Hopkins ;  but 
the  psalm  given  as  the  icx)th  is  not  that  given  as  his  in  the  above-named 
collections,  but  an  inferior  production.     In  a  later  Psalter  (1606),  which 


152 


Annotations, 


gives  the  initials  of  the  writers  to  the  psalms,  there  are  two  renderings  of 
the  psahii,  and  eacli  without  initials.  Tlie  latter  of  these  is  the  rendering 
in  the  collections.  In  this  Psalter,  'J.  H.'  is  put  to  Hopkins's  psalms, 
and  'W.  K.'  to  Kethe's;  and  as  there  is  no  name  to  this  rendering,  we 
conclude  that  the  author  cannot  be  ascertained.  Perhaps  we  may  venture 
to  say  that  the  rendering  is  not  Hopkins's,  but  maj'  be  Kethe's." 

Few  of  the  incidents  in  the  life  of  John  Hopkins  are  on  record.  He 
graduated  B.  A.  at  Oxford,  in  1544,  and  is  said  to  have  been  afterwards  a 
clergyman  in  Suffolk.  He  was  a  coadjutor  of  Sternhold  in  the  produc- 
tion of  the  first  metrical  version  of  Psalms  attached  to  the  Book  of 
Common  Prayer.  It  appeared  in  1562.  He  was  also  editor  of  the 
Psalms  in  15 5 1.  As  a  poet,  he  is  thought  to  be  somewhat  superior  to 
Sternhold.  Bayle  says  that  he  was  "  Britannicorum  poetarum  sui  temporis 
non  infimus." 

Thomas  Sternhold  was  Groom  of  the  Robes  to  Henry  VIII.  and 
Edward  VI.  With  Hopkins,  he  produced  the  first  English  version  of  the 
Psalms  before  alluded  to.  He  completed  fifty-one ;  Hopkins  and  others 
composed  the  remainder.  He  died  in  1549.  Thirty-seven  of  his  psalms 
were  edited  and  published  after  his  death,  by  his  friend  Hopkins.  The 
work  is  entitled  "^//  such  Psalms  of  David  as  Thomas  S/eiiihold,  late 
Groome  of  the  Kings  Majestyes  Robes,  did  in  his  Lyfetime  drawe  into 
Englyshe  Metre."  Of  the  version  annexed  to  the  Prayer  Book,  Mont- 
gomery says:  "The  merit  of  faithful  adherence  to  the  original  has  been 
claimed  for  this  version,  and  need  not  to  be  denied,  but  it  is  the  resemblance 
which  the  dead  bear  to  the  living."  Wood,  in  his  "  Athenae  Oxonienses" 
(1691,  vol.  I,  p.  62),  has  the  following  account  of  the  origin  of  Sternhold's 
psalms :  "  Being  a  most  zealous  reformer,  and  a  very  strict  liver,  he 
became  so  scandalized  at  the  amorous  and  obscene  songs  used  in  the 
Court,  that  he,  forsooth,  turned  into  English  metre  fifty-one  of  David's 
psalms,  and  caused  musical  notes  to  be  set  to  them,  thinking  thereby  that 
the  courtiers  would  sing  them  instead  of  their  sonnets ;  but  they  did  not, 
some  few  excepted.  However,  the  poetry  and  music  being  admirable, 
and  the  best  that  was  made  and  composed  in  these  times,  they  were 
thought  fit  to  be  sung  in  all  parochial  churches."  Of  Sternhold  and 
Hopkins,  old  Fuller  says :  "  They  were  men  whose  piety  was  better  than 
their  poetry,  and  they  had  drunk  more  of  Jordan  than  of  Helicon." 

Sternhold  and  Hopkins  may  be  taken  as  the  representatives  of  the 
strong  tendency  to  versify  Scripture  that  came  with  the  Reformation  into 
England — a  work  men  eagerly  entered  on  without  the  talent  requisite  for 
its  successful  accomplishment.  The  tendency  went  so  far,  that  even  the 
"Acts  of  the  Apostles"  was  put  into  rhyme,  and  set  to  music  by  Dr. 
Christopher  Tye. 

This  version  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  andM.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford ;  Church; 
Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterl)ury ;  Chope  ;  Morrell  and  How ; 
Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


^Annotations.  153 

406.     "  0  praise  yc  the  Lord." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxlix. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barr>-;  Sarum;  Singleton;  Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Windle;  Canter- 
bury ;  JNIorrell  and  How.     Also  by  Presb.;  Bapt. 

407.     "For  Thee,  O  God,  our  constant  praised 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  Ixv. 

It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Church.     Also  by  Cong. 


408.      "  Magnify  Jehovah's  Name." 

James  Montgomery  (1822);  Psalm  cvii.;  in  his  "  Songs  of  Zion."     The 
text  is  altered  in  some  lines,  of  which  the  following  are  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,  "Thank  and  praise  Jehovah's  Name." 

Verse  2,  line  i,  "  Let  the  ransomed  thus  rejoice." 

Verse  3,  line  3,  "Hither,  thither  while  they  roam." 

Verse  4,  line  i,  "  Then  unto  the  Lord  they  cry." 

Verse  5,  line  i,     "  To  a  pleasant  land  He  brings." 

"    3,     "Where  irora.  flowery  hills,  the  springs." 

It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


409.     "Before  Jehovah's  azvf til  throne." 

Isaac  Watts  (i 719);  Psalm  c.  Watts'  version  was  altered  by  Charles 
Wesley  (1741).  As  rendered  by  Watts  there  are  six  verses.  Wesley's 
revision  omitted  Walts'  first  and  fourth  verses,  and  varied  the  second, 
(the  first  in  the  text,)  which  in  the  original  reads : — 

"  Nations,  attend  before  His  throne. 
With  sole/nn  fear,  with  sacred  joy ." 

In  verse  5,  line  4,  the  original  has  "shall"  instead  of  "must." 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;    Hall;    Kemble;    Mercer;    Barry; 
Irish;  Singleton;  Elliott;  Alford;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Can- 
terbury;  Bickersteth;   Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;   Cong.;    Meth.;   Bapt.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


154 


annotatioiT&, 


410.     "Bless  God,  my  soztl ;  Thou,  Lord,  alone" 


Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  civ. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


411.     "  Ye  boundless  realms  of  joy." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cxlviii. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Sarum  ;  Singleton ;  Elliott ;  Church ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ; 
Windle ;  Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Bapt. 


412.     "  0  praise  the  Lord  in  that  blest  place'' 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  cl. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Windle. 


413.     "  0  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul." 

Thomas  Cotterill  or  anonymous  (1819);  a  rendering  of  Psalm  ciii.,  in 
"  CotterilFs  Selection^  "  This  fine  version  was  admitted  into  James  Mont- 
gomery's '  Christian  Psalmist'  (1825),  but  has  been  generally  unnoticed. 
Sedgwick  once  told  me  it  was  Cotterill's,  and  it  may  be,  but  I  consider  the 
point  unproved."  {Bird.)  The  third  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted. 
Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "  The  Lord  to  thee  is  kind!' 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "  He  clothes  thee  with  His  love." 

Verse  5,  "Then  bless  His  holy  Name, 

Whose  grace  hath  made  thee  whole. 
Whose  loving-kindness  crotvns  thy  days; 
0  bless  the  Lo7-d,  my  soul." 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Barry;  Bickersteth.  Alsoby  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Meth.;  Bapt. 


414.     "  0  God,  my  heart  is  fix' d,  'tis  bent'' 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  Ivii. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble  ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Elliott; 
Church;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Morrell  and  How. 


Annotations. 


415.     "  Through  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life." 


155 


Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xxxiv. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble  ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ; 
Irish;  Sarum ;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Islington;  Windle ; 
Canterbury;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary.  Also  by  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

416,     "  0  render  thanks  to  God  above y 

Tate  and  Brady  (i6g6);  Psalm  cvi. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Elliott; 
Church;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


417.      "  0  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing." 

Charles  Wesley  (i739)-  Burgess  says  of  this  hymn  that  "it  was  written 
originally  '  For  the  A  7iniversary  of  one's  Conversion' "  The  original  hymn, 
as  first  published  in  '■'Hymns  and  Sacred  Poems"  (1740),  consisted  of 
eighteen  verses,  beginning,  "  Glory  to  God,  and  praise,  and  love."  In  the 
seventeenth  edition  of  '' Hymns  aiid  Spiritual  Songs"  (1773),  it  was  re- 
duced to  eleven  verses,  beginning  as  in  the  present  text.  The  text  is  the 
seventh,  ninth,  tenth,  eleventh  and  twelfth  verses  of  the  original.  The 
text  is  altered  only  in  verse  3,  Hne  2,  which  reads  in  the  original  ''He" 
instead  of  "And." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Irish;  Singleton; 
Elliott;  Islington;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


418.     "  yehovah  reig7is,  let  all  the  earth." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  xcvii. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K.     Also  by  Cong. 


419.     "Begin,  my  soul,  th'  exalted  lay." 

John  Ogilvie  (i753);  Psalm  cxlviii.  It  was  written  at  the  age  of 
eighteen,  and  first  published  in  the  "Scots'  Magazine,"  February,  1753. 
The  original  has  thirteen  verses,  of  which  the  first,  third,  sixth  (rev/ritten) 
and  eleventh  are  retained  in  the  text.  The  lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as 
follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  4,     "Lo!  heaven  and  earth,  and  seas  and  skies." 
Verse  2,  line  3,     "  His  ivondrous  mercy  sing." 


156  Annotations* 

John  Ogilvie  was  born  in  1733,  and  was  minister  of  Midmar,  Aberdeen- 
shire, Scotland,  from  1759  until  his  death  in  1814.  He  published  some 
theological  and  philosophical  treatises,  and  a  number  of  poems. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  by  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch, 


420.     "  I'll  praise  my  Maker  with  my  breath." 

Isaac  Watts  (1719);  Psalm  cxlvi.  The  text  retains  two  of  the  six 
original  verses.  The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  2,  where  lines 
4  and  5  are  transposed. 

It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble ;  Barry;  Elliott;  Windle;  Bicker- 
steth.     Also  by  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


421.     ^''  Adored  for  ever  he  the  Lord." 

Psalm  xxviii.     The  first  verse  is  from  Tate  and  Brady  (1796);  the  re- 
mainder is  from  some  unknown  source. 
It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


422.     "  Songs  of  praise  the  angels  sang." 

James  Montgomery  (1819);  in  "  Cottcrill's  Selection''  Lines  altered  in 
the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "  God  will  make  new  heavens,  new  earth.' 
Verse  4,  line  i,     "And  can  man  alone  be  dumb." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Marylebone ;  Windle; 
Canterbury;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


423.      "  God,  my  King,  Thy  might  confessing'' 

Richard  Mant  (1824);  Psalm  cxlv.,  in  "The  Book  of  Psalms,  in  an 
English  metrical  version,  with  notes  critical  and  illustrative."  The  origi- 
nal has  eleven  eight-line  verses,  of  which  three  are  here  retained. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


SlnnotationB. 


424.     ''All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  Name  !  " 


157 


Edward  Perronet  (1780);  in  the  "  Gospel  Magazine !'  The  origmal,  as 
given  by  Rogers,  has  eight  verses,  the  second  and  third  of  which  are  here 
omitted.  Verses  three  and  four  in  the  text  are  transposed.  Other  change^ 
will  appear  from  the  following  original  lines : — 

Verse  i,  line  4,     "Tb  crown  Him  Lord  of  all." 

Verse  2,  line  i,     "Crown  Him,  ye  martyrs  of  your  God." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "Hail  Him,  j^  heirs  of  David's  line." 

Verse  6,  "  Let  every  tribe  and  every  tongtie 

That  bound  creation  s  call, 
Notv  shout  in  tmiversal  song. 
The  crowned  Lord  of  all." 

Edward  Perronet  was  the  son  of  the  Rev.  Vincent  Perronet,  Vicar  of 
Shoreham,  Kent.  For  some  time  he  was  an  intimate  associate  of  the 
Wesleys,  but  subsequently  he  left  them  and  was  employed  by  Lady  Hunt- 
ingdon, at  Canterbury  and  Norwich.  He  afterwards  became  pastor  of  a 
dissenting  congregation.  He  died  in  1792.  In  1785,  he  published  a  small 
volume,  entitled  "Occasional  Verses,  Moral  and  Social;"  a  book  now  ex- 
tremely rare.  At  his  death  he  is  said  to  have  left  a  large  sum  of  money  to 
Shrubsole,  who  was  organist  at  Spafield's  Chapel,  London,  and  who  had 
composed  the  tune  "  Miles  Lane,"  for  the  above  hymn. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Irish;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Marylebone;  Windle; 
Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


425.     "  The  strain  upraise  of  joy  and  praise.  Alleluia  !" 
{Cantemus  cuncti  melodiim  nunc  Allehiia!) 

Godescalcus  {d.  ab.  950);  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1851),  in  the 
"  Hymnal  Noted."  The  version  in  this  collection  is  from  "  Hyifins  Aticient 
and  Modem  "  (1861),  and  differs  from  that  in  the  '■'■Hymnal  Noted"  in  the 
following  lines : — 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "They  through  the  fields  of  Paradise  that  roam, 

"    2,        The  blessed  ones,  repeat  through  that  bright  home 
Alleluia." 

Verse  5,  line  i,     "The  planets  glittering  on  their  heavenly  way." 


158 


Slnnotations. 


Verse  1 3, line  I,    "This  is  the  strain,  the  eternal  strain,  the  Lord  of 
all  tilings  loves :  Alleluia. 
"    2,     This  is  the  song,  the  heav'niy  song,  that  Christ  Him- 
self approves :  Alleluia." 

Verse  i6, line 2,    "Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!  Alleluia!" 

Very  little  is  known  of  Godescalcus  beyond  the  date  of  his  death,  about 
A.  D.  950. 


426.     "  When  all  Thy  mercies,  0  my  God." 

Joseph  Addison  (17 12).  The  original  has  thirteen  verses,  of  which  six 
are  here  retained.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble  ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Irish  ;  Singleton ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone  ;  Windle ;  Morrell 
and  How;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


427.     "  With  glory  clad,  with  strength  arrayed'^ 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xciii.  Portions  of  this  version  have 
been  altered  since  its  first  appearance. 

It  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.C.  K.;  Barry;  Maryle- 
bone; Windle.     Also  by  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


428.     "  Come,  Thou  Almighty  King'' 

Charles  Wesley  (?)  (1757).  The  authorship  of  this  hymn  is  uncertain. 
"  The  national  British  song  of  '  God  save  the  King'  appeared  first  in  the 
^Gentlemen's  Magazine'  in  1745.  About  nineteen  years  afterwards  ap- 
peared this  hymn  to  the  same  tune,  in  a  collection  by  the  Rev.  Spencer 
Madan,  but  there  is  no  evidence  that  he  was  the  author."  {Deems.)  "  The 
tract  (a  half-penny  leaflet)  containing  this  hymn  bears  no  author's  name, 
nor  date,  I  believe,  and  its  origin  is  disputed.  Sedgwick  says  it  was  by 
Charles  Wesley.  By  internal  evidence  it  may  be  his,  but  is  not  so  mani- 
festly his  as  most  of  his  verses  are."  (Bird.)     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


429.     "Awake,  my  soul,  to  Joyful  lays." 

Samuel  Medley  (1787);  in  "  Rippon's  Selection!'  The  original,  as  given 
by  Rogers,  has  nine  verses,  three  of  which  are  here  omitted.  The  follow- 
ing verses  are  the  original  of  those  retained  in  the  text : — 


Slnnotations. 


159 


Awake  my  soul  in  joyful  lays,  When  earthly  friends  forsake  ine  quite^ 

And  sing  thy  great  Redeemer's  praise  ;  And  I  have  neither  skill  nor  mighty 

He  justly  claims  a  song  from  nie ;  He's  sure  my  helper  to  appear ; 

His  loving-kindness  is  so  free  1  His  loving-kindness  is  so  near  ! 

He  saw  me  ruin'd  in  the  fall,  Often  I  feel  my  sinful  heart 

Yet  loved  me,  notwithstanding  all  ;  Prone  from  my  Jesus  to  depart ; 

He  saved  me  from  my  lost  estate ;  And  though  I  oft  have  Him  forgot. 

His  loving-kindness  is  jo  great !  His  loving-kindness  changes  not. 

Tho'  7nighty  hosts  of  cruel  foes.  So  -when  I  pass  deat/i's  gloomy  vale 

Where  earth  and  hell  my  way  oppose,  A  nd  life  and  mortal  powers  shall  fail ; 

He  safely  leads  my  soul  along  ;  Oh  may  my  last  expiring  breath 

His  loving-kindness  is  so  strong  !  His  loving-kindness  sing  in  death  ! 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Barry ;  Windle ;  Rogers.     Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch, 


430.     "  Allehiia,  sottg  of  sweetness." 
{Alleluia,  dulce  carmen.) 

A  Latin  hymn  of  the  13th  century  (sometimes  attributed  to  Adam  of 
S.  Victor,  but  probably  without  reason) ;  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale 
(1851),  in  the  "Hymnal  Noted,"  and  rewritten  by  the  compilers  of 
'■'■  Hymns  Ancient  aitd  Modem"  (1861). 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Sarum ;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott; 
Church;  Canterbury;  Chope;    Hymnal  Noted;    Bickersteth;    Hymnary. 


431 .     "  Hound  the  Lord  in  glory  seated." 

Richard  Mant  (1837);  in  his  "Ancient  Hymns."  The  original  consists 
of  four  eight-line  verses,  beginning.  "Bright  the  vision  that  delighted." 
The  first  half  of  the  first  and  third  verses  in  the  original  are  here 
omitted.  The  text  is  unaltered  except  that  in  the  first  and  last  verses  the 
word  "its"  is  changed  to  "Thy." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum ;  Singleton  ;  Alford ; 
Church;  Bickersteth;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


433.     "  Sing  Alleluia  forth  in  duteous  praise." 

Translated  by  John  Ellerton  (1868) ;  in  the  "Appendix  to  Hymns  Ancient 
and  Modern."     The  text  is  from  that  collection,  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C. -K.;  A.  and  M.;  Hymnary. 


i6o  Annotations. 


433.     "  Atigel  bands,  in  strains  sweet  sounding." 

John  De  Wolfe  {d.  ab.  1857);  a  rendering  of  Psalm  cxlviii. 

The  editor  is  indebted  to  the  Rt.  Rev.  M.  A.  De  Wolfe  Howe,  D.  D., 
Bishop  of  Central  Pennsylvania,  for  the  following  account  of  the  author 
of  this  hymn :  "  He  was  a  graduate  of  Brown  University  (I  think)  in 
1804.  He  lived  the  life  of  a  scholar,  never  having  engaged  in  any  busi- 
ness. In  1820,  and  so  on  for  eight  or  ten  years,  he  was  Professor  of 
Chemistry  in  Brown  University,  and  afterwards  delivered  lectures  on  that 
science  in  one  or  two  other  institutions.  He  was  a  worshipper  through 
all  his  manhood  in  the  Episcopal  Church,  in  Bristol,  R.  I.,  his  native  town, 
and  was  a  vestryman  of  S.  Michael's  many  years,  but  never  (I  think)  a 
communicant.     He  died  about  fifteen  years  ago." 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


434,     "  yestis,  7ny  strength,  my  hope." 

Charles  Wesley  (1742);  the  original  having  seven  eight-line  verses.  In 
the  text,  the  verses  are  considerably  transposed,  and  some  portions  omit- 
ted. The  words  '' I  want,"  which  frequently  occur  in  the  original,  are 
here  changed  to  "  Give  me."  The  version  usually  adopted  is  that  which 
is  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection.  The  present  arrangement  of  the  hymn 
is  by  the  Rev.  E.  J.  Stearns,  of  S.  Mary's  Wliitechapel,  in  the  diocese  of 
Easton. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Irish;  Bicker- 
steth;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


435.     "  0  for  a  closer  walk  with  God." 

William  Cowper  (1779);  in  "  Olney  Hymns"  The  original  has  six 
verses,  of  which  the  second  and  third  are  here  omitted.  The  text  is  unal- 
tered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Irish  ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Canterbury ;  Bickersteth ; 
Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


436.     "  Who  place  on  Sion's  God  their  trust." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  cxxv. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Islington. 


Annotations.  igi 


437.     "  No  change  of  time  shall  ever  shock." 

Tate  and  Brady  (i6g6) ;  Psalm  xviii. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Singleton  ;  Church ;  Windle.     Also  by  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


438.     "  The  Lord  Himself,  the  mighty  Lord." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1703?);  Psalm  xxiii.  The  earlier  version  (i6g6)  is 
somewhat  different. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry; 
Church ;   Windle.     Also  by  Cong. 


439.     "My  soul,  for  help  on  God  rely." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  Ixii. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


440.     "Father,  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss." 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760);  the  last  three  of  a  poem  of  ten  verses,  on 
"Desiring  Resignation  and  Thafikfulness,"  and  beginning,  "When  I 
survey  life's  varied  scene."  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original 
(from  Palmer)  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  r,     "  And  oh!  whate'er  of  earthly  bliss 
"    2,       Thy  sovereign  hand  denies." 

Verse  2,  line  i,     "  Give  me  a  calm,  a  thankful  heart." 

Verse  3,  line  4,     "  And  bless  its  happy  end." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble  ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Irish ;  Elliott ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer.  Also 
by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


441,     "While  Thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power." 

Miss  Helen  Maria  Williams  (1786);  in  her  "Miscellaneous  Poems," 
fo\.  ii.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

Miss  Williams  was  bom  in  the  north  of  England,  in  1762.  At  the  age 
of  eighteen,  she  went  to  London,  and  soon  after  took  position  in  the 
literary  world,  publishing  several  poems.     Subsequently  she  resided  in 


i62  Annotations. 

Paris,  where  she  published  works  in  prose  and  poetry.  She  died  in  1827. 
The  eminent  French  preacher,  Athanase  Coquerel  (recently  deceased)  was 
her  nephew,  and  received  from  her  his  early  training. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Irish.     Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


442.     ^'Although  the  vine  its  fruit  deny." 

Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  (1826);  In  the  Prayer  Book  Collection.   The 
text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  People's.     Also  by  Bapt. 


443.     "  In  the  hour  of  trial." 

James  Montgomery  (1853);  in  "  Original  Hymns  for  Public,  Private, 
and  Social  Devotion."  "  Few  hymns  have  gained  a  better  deserved  popu- 
larity than  this."  {Biggs.)     In  verse  2,  line  i,  the  original  reads: — 

"  With  its  witching  pleasures." 

The  third  and  fourth  verses  were  rewritten  by  Henry  WoUaston  Hutton, 
in  ^'  Hymns  for  the  Church  Services."  The  original  of  these  verses  (from 
Alford)  reads  thus : — 

"  If  with  sore  affliction  "  When  in  dust  and  ashes 

Thou  in  love  chastise.  To  the  grave  I  sink. 

Pour  Thy  benediction  While  heazien^ s  glory  flashes 

On  the  sacrifice  ;  O'er  the  shelving  brink  ; 

Then  upon  Thine  altar  On  Thy  truth  relying, 

Freely  offered  up.  Through  that  mortal  strife, 

Though  the  flesh  may  falter.  Lord  receive  me,  dying. 

Faith  shall  dritik  the  cup."  To  eternal  life." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish;  Sarum; 
Singleton;  Alford;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Bickersteth. 


444.     "Is  there  a  lone  and  dreary  hour!' 

Mrs.  Caroline  Oilman.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

Caroline  Howard  was  born  in  Boston,  in  1794.  She  married  the  Rev. 
Samuel  Oilman,  a  Unitarian  minister,  in  18 19.  Soon  after,  they  removed 
to  Charleston,  South  Carolina.  Mrs.  Oilman  has  written  considerable 
prose  and  some  poetry. 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


Annotations. 


445.     " '  Tis  my  happiness  below!' 


163 


William  Cowper  (iTjg).  The  original  has  three  eight-line  verses,  eight 
lines  of  which  are  here  omitted.  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are,  in  the 
original  as  given  by  Rogers,  as  follows : — 

Verse  3,  line  2,     "  No  correction  by  the  way." 
Verse  4,  line  3,     "  Trials  bring  me  to  His  feet." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Elliott;  IsHngton;  Rogers. 


446.     "  God  of  my  life,  to  Thee  I  call." 

William  Cowper  (1774);  in  "  Olney  Hymns."  It  is  entitled  "Looking 
upwards  in  a  Storm,"  and  consists  of  six  verses,  the  fifth  of  which  is  here 
omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford ;  Church;  Islington;  Windle;  Chope;  Bicker- 
steth;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


.     447.     "Rise,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings." 

Robert  Seagrave  (1742);  called  by  the  author  "The  Pilgrim's  Song." 
The  original  has  four  verses,  of  which  the  second  and  third  are  here 
omitted.  The  first  verse  in  the  text  is  unaltered.  The  second  verse  is  in 
the  original  as  follows : — 

"CtasQ,  ye  pilgrims,  cease  to  mourn, 

Press  onward  to  the  prize  ; 
Soon  oitr  Saviour  will  return 

Triumphant  in  the  skies. 
Yet  a  season,  and  you  know 

Happy  entrance  will  be  given,  ' 
All  our  sorrows  left  below. 

And  earth  exchanged  for  heaven" 

Robert  Seagrave  was  born  at  Twyford,  Leicestershire,  in  1693.  He 
studied  at  Clare  Hall,  Cambridge,  graduating  in  1718.  In  1739,  he  was 
appointed  Sunday  Evening  Lecturer  at  Lorimer's  Hall,  London.  He 
afterwards  preached  in  the  Tabernacle,  in  connection  with  the  Calvinistic 
Methodists.  The  date  of  his  death  is  unknown.  He  published  some 
treatises  on  doctrinal  subjects,  and  on  the  duties  of  the  ministry.  In  1742, 
he  published  "Hymns  for  Christiatt  Worship."  His  hymns  have  been 
published  by  Sedgwick  (i860). 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Islington;  Palmer;  Rogers. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


164  Annotations* 

448.     "Thy presence,  Lord,  hath  me  supplied^ 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  Ixxiii.;  subsequently  altered. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Elliott. 


449.     "  Children  of  the  heavenly  King'' 

John  Cennick  (1742).  The  original,  as  given  by  Palmer,  has  eight 
verses,  of  which  the  fourth,  fifth,  sixth  and  eighth  are  here  omitted.  The 
following  is  the  original  of  the  verses  retained : — 

Children  of  the  heavenly  King,  ■  O  ye  banished  seed,  be  glad! 

As  ye  journey,  sweetly  sing  ;  Christ  our  Advocate  zsmade  ; 

Sing  your  Saviour's  worthy  praise,  Us  to  saz'e,  our  flesh  assumes  ; 

Glorious  in  His  works  and  ways  !  Brother  to  our  souls  becomes. 

We  are  travelling  home  to  God,  Lord  !  obediently  we  go, 

In  the  way  the  fathers  trod  ;  Gladly  leaving  all  below  : 

They  are  happy  now  ;  and  we  Only  Thou  our  Leader  be. 

Soon  their  happiness  shall  see.  And  we  still  will  follow  Thee  ! 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Sarum;  Singleton;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Islington;  Windle; 
Canterbury;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Hymnary.  Also 
by  Presb.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch, 


450.     "As,  when  the  iveary  traveller  gains." 

John  Newton  (1779).     The  second  and  fifth  verses  of  the  original  are 
here  omitted.     Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  2,  "The  height  of  some  o'erlooking  hill, 
"  3,  His  heart  revives,  if  cross  the  plains 
"    4,        He  eyes  his  home,  though  distant  still." 

Verse  4,  line  i,     "Jesus,  on  Thee  our  hope  depends" 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;    Hall;    Kemble;    Barry;    Elliott; 
Ishngton;  Windle;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt. 


451.     "  As  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  streams." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  xlii.;  subsequently  altered. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble  ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Sarum ; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Windle;  RIorrell  and 
How;  Bickersteth,     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations.  165 

452.     "  As  panting  in  tlu  sultry  beam!' 

John  Bowdler  (d.  1815);  a  paraphrase  of  Psalm  xlii.  The  only  lines 
altered  in  the  text  are,  in  the  original  as  given  by  Rogers,  as  follows : — 

Verse  3,  line  5,     "  ^Vhat  time  the  hallowed  arch  along 
"    6,        Responsive  swell'd  the  solemn  song." 

John  Bowdler  was  born  in  London,  in  1783.  He  was  educated  at 
Winchester  College,  and  entered  the  legal  profession.  As  a  barrister,  he 
gave  unusual  promise  of  eminence;  but  died  in  18 15,  at  the  age  of 
thirty-two.  His  miscellaneous  writings  were  published  in  1816,  by  his 
father,  under  the  title  of  "  Select  Pieces  of  Prose  and  Verse." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Elliott ;  Rogers. 


453.     "  When  I  can  read  my  title  clear." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).  The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  2,  line  2, 
which  has,  in  the  original,  "hellish"  instead  of  "fiery." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Irish;  Elliott; 
Islington;  Windle ;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


454.     ^^  Lord,  zuith  glowing  heart  I'd  praise  Thee." 

Francis  Scott  Key  (1826);  in  the  Prayer  Book  Collection.     The  text  is 
unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.     Also  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


455.     "  yesu,  the  very  thought  of  Thee." 
{yesu,  dulcis  memoria.) 

S.  Bernard  of  Clairvaux  {d.  1153);  translated  by  Edward  Caswall  (1848) 
in  "Lyra  Catholica."  "  'Jubilus  rhythmicus  de  no7nine  Jesu^  the  sweetest 
and  most  evangelical  (as  the  '  Dies  Irae '  is  the  grandest,  and  the  '  Stabat 
Mater'  the  most  pathetic)  hymn  of  the  Middle  Ages,  though  somewhat 
monotonous,  and  wanting  in  progress.  The  original  has  192  or  200  lines. 
Trench,  p.  246,  gives  a  selection  of  fifteen  quatrains,  with  the  remark, 
'Where  all  was  beautiful,  the  task  of  selection  was  a  hard  one.'  The 
Roman  Breviary  has  abridged  and  divided  the  hymn  into  three  distinct 
hymns,  viz.:  '^Jesu,  dulcis  memoria' ;  'Jesu,  Rex  admirabilis' ;  and 'y^j?/, 
decus  angelicutn!  "  (Schaft's  "  Christ  in  Song"  p.  405.)  Lines  altered  in 
the  text  are,  in  Caswall's  translation,  as  follows : — 


i66  Annotations. 

Verse  l,  line  2,     "With  sweetness  fills  my  breast." 

Verse  2,  line  i,     "Nor  voice  can  sing,  nor  heart  can  frame." 
"    3,     "A  sweeter  sound  than  Thy  blest 'iis.xaQ^ 
"    4,        (?  Saviour  of  mankind." 

Verse  5,  line  3,     "  yesu  !  be  Thou  our  glory  now." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  Barry;  Sarum ;  Singleton;  A.  and 
M.;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Church ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ;  Morrell 
and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


456.     ^^  Love  divine,  all  love  excelling'' 

Charles  Wesley  (1746) ;  from  "  Hy?nns  for  those  that  seek  and  those  that 
have  Redemption  in  the  Blood  of  fesus  Christ!'  Lines  altered  in  the  text 
are,  in  the  original  as  given  by  Rogers,  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,     "Love  Divine,  all  loves  excelling." 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "  Let  us  find  that  second  rest. 

"    5,        Take  away  our  power  of  sinning." 

Verse  3,  line  2,     "  Let  us  all  Thy  life  receive." 

Verse  4,  line  2,     "  Pure  and  sinless  let  us  be." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ; 
Sarum ;  Singleton ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Church ;  Islington ;  Windle ;  Bick- 
ersteth; Rogers.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


457.     "  I  love  my  God,  but  with  no  love  of  mine'' 

Madame  Jeanne  Bouvier  de  la  Motte  Guyon  {d.  i^ij);  the  translation 
is  anonymous.  "I  know  not  when  or  by  whom  this  exquisite  version 
was  made.  It  is  not  in  Cowper's  volume  of  translations  from  Madame 
Guyon."  {Bird.) 

Madame  Guyon  was  born  at  Montargis,  in  1648,  and  was  educated  at 
two  of  the  convents  of  her  native  city.  She  contracted  an  early,  and,  as 
it  proved,  an  uncongenial  marriage ;  was  subjected  to  many  trials  and 
afflictions ;  and  was  left  a  widow  at  the  age  of  twenty-eight.  Her  trials 
had  the  effect  of  leading  her  to  adopt  the  system  of  Quietism,  to  the 
advocacy  of  which  she  subsequently  gave  her  life.  For  this  purpose  she 
travelled  extensively,  wrote  devotional  books,  and,  incurring  the  bitter 
hostility  of  the  Romish  Church,  was  imprisoned.  After  several  imprison- 
ments, she  was,  in  1702,  banished  to  Blois,  near  which  place  she  passed 
the  remainder  of  her  life,  dying  in  17 17.     Her  works  were  very  numerous. 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


Sdtnotations.  167 

458.     "My  God,  I  love  Thee— not  because." 

{0  Deus,  ego  amo  Te.) 

S.  Francis  Xavier  {d.  1552);  translated  by  Edward  Caswall  (1848)  in 
"Lyra  Catholica."  "  This  hymn  is  like  a  countenance  with  a  very  decided 
expression,  which,  once  seen,  we  do  not  easily  forget."  "  It  is  hardly  too 
much  to  say  that  this  hymn  of  Xavier  is  the  most  profoundly  and  loftily 
spiritual  of  all  lyrics ;  for  it  is  the  essence  of  disinterestedness ;  i.  e.,  of 
Christianity."  (Bird,  in  "Protestant  Churchman,"  October  17,  1867.) 
Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  Caswall's  translation : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     "  Nor  yet  because  who  love  Thee  not 
»  "    4,  Must  burn  eternally y 

Verse  3,  line  3,  "E'en  death  itself;  and  all  for  me." 

Verse  4,  line  3,  "  Not  for  the  sake  of  winning  heaven." 

Verse  5,  line  2,  "Not  seeking  a  reward." 

Verse  6,  line  i,  "E'en  so  I  love  Thee,  atid  will  love." 

The  following  is  Xavier's  hymn  : — 

O  Deus,  ego  amo  Te,  Innumeros  dolores. 

Nee  amo  Te,  ut  salves  me,  Sudores,  et  angores, 

Aut  quia  non  amantes  Te  Ac  mortem,  et  haec  propter  me, 

jEtemo  punis  igne.  Ac  pro  me  peccatore. 

Tu,  Tu,  mi  Jesu,  totum  me  Cur  igitur  non  amem  Te, 

Amplexus  es  in  cruce  ;  O  Jesu  amantissime  ! 

Tulisti  clavos,  lanceam,  Non,  ut  in  coelo  salves  me, 

Multamque  ignominiam,  Aut  ne  aeternum  damnes  me  ; 

Nee  praemii  uUius  spe 
Sed  sicut  Tu  amasti  me  ; 
Sie  amo  et  araabo  Te, 
Solum,  quia  Rex  meus  es. 

Francis  Xavier  was  bom  of  a  noble  family,  in  Spain,  in  1506.  At  the 
age  of  seventeen  he  went  to  study  at  the  University  of  Paris,  where  he 
came  under  the  influence  of  Ignatius  Loyola,  the  founder  of  the  Order  of 
the  Jesuits.  Xavier  became  one  of  the  most  zealous  and  conspicuous 
members  of  that  Order  when  it  was  established  in  1540.  In  1541,  he  set 
out  for  missionary  work  in  India.  Burning  with  the  love  of  Christ  and 
the  love  of  souls,  the  whole  of  his  subsequent  life  was  spent  in  the  prose- 
cution of  the  most  self-sacrificing  work  throughout  the  Oriental  heathen 
lands.     He  died  in  1552,  while  engaging  in  a  mission  to  China. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum ;  Singleton ;  A,  and  M.; 
People's  ;  Church ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Hymnary. 


i68  Annotations. 


459.     "  Tho2i,  Whom  my  soul  admires  above." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).     Some  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Windle.     Also  by  Bapt. 


460.     "My  God,  how  wonderful  Thou  art." 

Frederick  William  Faber  (1849);  i^  ^'s  "  Jesus  and  Mary''  The  text 
is  from  "Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,"  but  it  differs  very  slightly  from  the 
original. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Chope; 
Hymnal  Noted;  Hymnary.     Also  by  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch.  * 


461.     "Thee  will  I  love,  my  Strength,  my  Tower." 

(Ich  will  Dich  lieben,  meine  Starke.) 

Angelus  Silesius  (1657);  translated  by  John  Wesley  (1739);  in  "Hymns 
and  Sacred  Poems."  A  number  of  verses  of  the  original  translation  are 
here  omitted,  and  the  last  couplet  in  verse  three  is  transposed  to  that  place 
from  one  of  the  omitted  verses.  The  lines  altered  in  the  text  are,  in  the 
original  as  given  in  Sarum,  as  follows : — 

Verse  I,  line  5,     "  Thee  will  I  love,  till  the  pure  fire 

"    6,        Fill  my  whole  soul  with  chaste  desire." 

Angelus  Silesius,  born  in  Silesia,  in  1624,  was  the  son  of  a  Polish  noble- 
man, and  his  true  name  was  John  Schefiiler;  but  he  adopted  the  name 
Angelus  from  a  Spanish  mystic  of  the  i6th  century — John  ab  Angelis — 
and  added  the  name  Silesius,  because  of  his  own  country.  He  studied 
medicine,  and  obtained  his  degree  of  M.  D.  at  Padua.  While  physician 
to  the  Duke  Sylvius  Nimrod — from  1649  to  1652 — he  had  contention  with 
the  Lutheran  clergy,  and  in  1653  entered  the  Romish  Church.  Subse- 
quently he  was  physician  to  the  Emperor  Ferdinand  HI.,  but  at  length 
entered  the  priesthood  and  retired  to  the  Jesuit  monastery  of  S.  Matthias, 
in  Breslau,  where  he  died  in  1677.  His  hymns  were  mostly  written  before 
he  joined  the  Romish  Church,  and  were  intended  for  private  devotion ; 
some,  however,  have  been  very  acceptable  for  public  use.  "  Several  of 
them  are  among  the  deepest  and  most  tender  in  the  German  language, 
and  breathe  a  glowing  love  to  the  Saviour." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer;  Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  People's; 
Windle;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Cong. 


annotatious. 


462.     ''Come,  we  that  love  tJie  Lord' 


169 


Isaac  Watts  (1709).  The  original  has  ten  verses,  of  which  the  second, 
fourth  and  seventh  are  here  omitted.  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  fol- 
lows in  the  original : — 

Verse  2,  line  3,     ''  But  favourites  of  the  Heavenly  King." 
Verse  3,  line  l,     "  This  awful  God  is  ours." 
Verse  5,  line  i,     ''The  men  of  grace  have  found." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  byPr.  Bk.;  Mercer;  Barry;  Irish;  Elliott;  Al- 
ford ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 


463,     "Awake,  and  sing  the  song." 

William  Hammond  (1745);  in  "Psalms,  Hymns  and  Spiritual  Songs 
and  Discourses."  The  original  has  fourteen  verses,  and  is  entitled  "  Before 
Singing  of  Hymns,  by  Way  of  Introduction."  It  may  be  found  in  the 
work  referred  to,  p.  84.  Although  this  hymn  is  assigned  to  Hammond, 
but  two  verses — the  first  and  second — of  the  text  are  his — the  third  and 
fourth  being  by  an  unknown  hand.  The  lines  (of  Hammond's)  altered  in 
the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     "Tune  every  heart  and  every  tongue." 
Verse  2,  line  4,     "For  all  whose  sins  He  bore." 

William  Hammond  studied  at  S.  John's  College,  Cambridge,  and  grad- 
uated B.  A.  For  a  time  he  was  a  Churchman,  then  became  a  preacher  of 
the  early  Calvinistic  Methodists,  and  finally,  with  Cennick,  joined  the 
Moravians.     He  died  in  1783. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Elliott ; 
Islington;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


464.     ''  The  King  of  love  my  Shepherd  is." 

Henry  Williams  Baker  {1868);  in  "Appendix  to  Hymns  Ancient  and 
Modern!'     Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as  follows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  5,  line  3,     "And  oh!  what  transport  of  delight 
"    4,       From  Thy  pure  Chalice  floweth." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  A.  and  M. 


lyo  Annotations. 


465.     "■Quiet,  Lord,  my  f reward  heart." 

John  Newton  {1779).  The  fourth  verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted. 
The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  verse  i,  line  4,  where  "little"  is 
substituted  for  "  weanedT 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Barry;  Elliott;  Windle;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


466,     "  Lord,  for  ever  at  Thy  side." 

James    Montgomery  (1819);  Psalm   cxxxi.;   in  "  Cotterill's  Selection^ 
The  following  is  the  original,  as  given  by  Bird : — 

Lord,  for  ever  at  Thy  side  Quiet  as  a  weaned  child, 

May  ray  place  and  portion  be :  Weanfed  from  the  mother's  breast, 

Strip  me  of  the  robe  of  pride.  By  no  subtlety  beguiled, 

Clothe  me  with  humility.  On  I'hy  faithfulness  I  rest. 

Meekly  may  my  soul  receive  Saints  rejoicing  evermore 

All  Thy  Spirit  hath  reveal'd ;  In  the  Lord  Jehovah  trust ; 

Thou  hast  spoken — I  believe.  Him  in  all  His  ways  adore. 

Though  \.\i^  prophecy  were  sealed.  Wise,  and  wonderful,  and  just. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall.    Also  by  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


467.     "  0  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God." 

Charles  Wesley  (1742).  The  original  has  eight  verses,  of  which  the 
fifth,  sixth  and  seventh  are  here  omitted.  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  as 
foUows  in  the  original : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     "A  heart  that  always  feels  Thy  blood 
"    4,  So  freely  spilt  for  me." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S. P.C. K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Elliott;  Islington;  Marylebone ;  Windle;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickerstethj 
Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


468.     "  There  is  a  fold  whence  none  can  stray T 
John  East  (1836) ;  from  his  ''My  Saviour y     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations. 


469.     "  God  shall  charge  His  angel  legions^ 


171 


James  Montgomery  (1822);  Psalm  xci.;  in  "  Sottgs  of  Zion."  The 
original  has  five  eight-line  verses,  beginning  thus :  "  Call  Jehovah  thy 
salvation."  The  text  is  the  fourth  and  fifth  verses  of  the  original, 
unaltered,  except  in  the  first  line  where  "God"  is  substituted  for  "He." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


470.  "  My  soul,  be  on  thy  guard." 
George  Heath  (1781).     The  editor  is  not  sure  about  the  text. 

.This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

471.  " A7n  la  soldier  of  the  Cross." 

Isaac  Watts  (1709-1721).  In  his  '^ Hymns"  Book  I.,  Hymn  38  (1709), 
the  text  is  very  different  from  that  in  a  later  version  in  his  "  Serfnons  " 
(1721),  where  it  is  without  material  difference  from  that  in  this  collection, 
some  verses  being  omitted. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

472.     "Breast  the  wave.  Christian." 

Joseph  Stammers  (1830);  contributed  by  the  author  to  a  small  serial 
edited  by  the  Rev.  John  Buckworth,  late  Vicar  of  Dewsbury.  Lines 
altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original,  as  given  by  Rogers,  as  follosw: — 

Verse  2,  line  7,     "  The  love  of  eternity 

"    8,  Flows  on  for  ever." 

Verse  3,  line  7,     "Mount  when  thy  work  is  done." 

Joseph  Stammers  was  bom  at  Bury  S.  Edmunds,  in  1801.  He  was 
educated  for  the  legal  profession,  and  practised  for  some  years  as  a  soli- 
citor in  London.  In  1833,  he  was  called  to  the  bar,  and  continues  to 
practise  as  a  barrister. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  People's;  EUiott;  Morrell  and 
How;  Rogers.     Also  by  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


172  Annotations. 


473.     '' 0  God  of  Bethel,  by  Whose  hand." 

Philip  Doddridge  (1736-7).  The  following  is  the  original  version  of 
this  hymn : — 

O  God  of  Jacob,  by  Whose  hand  1/  Thou  wilt  daily  bread  supply 

Thine  Israel  still  is  fed  ;  And  raiment yf/  provide  ; 

Who  through  this  weary  pilgrimage 
Hath  all  our  fathers  led  ;  If  Thou  wilt  spread  Thy  wings  around, 

Till  these  our  wanderings  cease, 
To  Thee  our  humble  vows  we  raise  And  at  our  Father's  loved  abode^ 

To  Thee  address  our  prayer.  Our  souls  arrive  in  peace  ; 

A  nd  in  Thy  kind  andfaithful  breast. 

Deposit  all  our  care.  To  Thee,  as  to  our  covenant  God 

We  "will  ourselves  resign  ; 
Jf  Thou,  through  each  perplexing  path.    And  count,  that  not  our  tenth  alone 
Wilt  be  our  constant  guide  ;  But  all  we  have  is  Thine. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum ; 
Alford;  Islington;  Windle;  Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  'by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


474.     "^  charge  to  keep  I  have." 

Charles  Wesley  (1762).     In  the  original,  line  i  of  verse  2  reads  thus: — 

"Zlc  serve  the  present  age." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Mercer;  Windle.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref,  Ch. 

475.     "  Supreme  in  wisdom  as  in  pozver." 

Four  of  the  verses  are  from  a  Scotch  Paraphrase  (22)  of  William 
Cameron  (1781)  somewhat  altered;  the  third  verse  is  from  Watts,  (Book 
I.  Hymn  32,  verse  4,)  also  slightly  altered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall.     Also  by  Cong. 

476.     "Awake,  my  soul,  stretch  every  nerve." 

Philip  Doddridge.  The  fourth  and  fifth  verses  of  the  original  are  here 
omitted.  The  fourth  verse  of  the  text  is  a  repetition  of  the  first,  and  is 
not  so  used  in  the  original. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Barry;  Elliott; 
Islington  ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Rogers, 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch, 


Annotations. 


477.     "  Oft  in  danger,  oft  in  woe' 


17: 


Henry  Kirke  White  {d.  1806)  and  Miss  Fanny  Fuller  Maitland  (1827). 
"The  first  ten  lines  of  this  hymn  were  left  a  fragment  by  Kirke  White, 
written  on  the  back  of  one  of  his  mathematical  papers.  They  came  after 
his  death  into  the  hands  of  Dr.  CoUyer,  who  published  them,  with  six  (not 
very  successful)  lines  of  his  own  added,  in  his  Hymn  Book  of  18 12,  where 
the  hymn  is  numbered  867.  The  task  of  finishing  it  was  more  happily 
accomplished  by  Miss  Maitland,  in  the  form  in  which  it  is  here  given,  and 
which  first  appeared  in  a  volume  published  by  Hatchard  in  1827,  under  the 
title  of  '  Hymns  for  Private  Devotion,  Selected  and  Original.' "  The  third 
verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted.  The  only  alterations  in  the  text  are 
in  the  first  two  verses,  which  read  in  the  original,  as  given  by  Palmer,  as 
follows : — 

Muck  in  sorrow,  oft  in  woe.  Onward,  Christians,  onward  go  ; 

Onward,  Christians,  onward  go  ;  Join  the  war,  and  face  the  foe  ; 

Fight  the  fight,  and,  worn  "with  strife.  Faint  not  I  much  doth  yet  remain  : 

Steep  with  tears  the  Bread  of  Life.  Dreary  is  the  long- campaign. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ; 
Irish ;  Sarum  ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M. ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Alford ;  Mary- 
lebone;  Windle;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth; 
Hymnary;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt. 


478.     "  Since  I've  known  a  Saviour's  Name." 

Charles  Wesley  (1746).  The  original  has  six  verses,  beginning,  "Lo,  I 
come  with  joy  to  do."  Lines  altered  in  the  text  are  in  the  original,  as 
given  by  Bird,  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  i,  "  Careful  without  care  I  am, 

"•    2,  Nor  feel  my  happy  toil, 

"    3,  Kept  hi  peace  by  Jesu's  Name, 

"    4,  Supported  by  His  smile" 

"    7,  "  Every  work  I  do  below, 

"    8,  I  do  it  to  the  Lord!' 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "  Unhurt,  unspotted,  I." 

Verse  3,  line  i,     "O  that  all  the  art  might  know." 

"    8,     "  And  SQQ  Thy  glorious  face." 


This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


^74 


Annotations, 


479.     "Heirs  of  unending  life" 


Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk  (1826).  Benjamin  Beddome  {d.  1795).  The 
first  verse  is  by  Onderdonk  ;  the  second  and  third  verses  are  by  Beddome, 
though  the  first  two  lines  of  the  second  verse  are  altered,  reading  in  the 
original  thus : — 

"He  by  His  spirit  leads 

In  paths  before  unknown." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


480.     "  yesus.  Thy  blood  and  righteousness" 
(Christi  Blut  und  Gerechtigkeit.) 

Nicholas  Louis,  Count  Zinzendorf  (1739);  translated  by  John  Wesley 
(1740).  The  original  has  thirty  verses.  It  was  written  on  the  island  of 
S.  Eustatius,  on  his  return  from  visiting  the  missionaries  in  the  West  In- 
dies. The  first  verse,  which  belongs  to  a  German  hymn  of  P.  Eber  (1569), 
is  very  popular  among  German  Christians,  and  is  often  quoted  at  death- 
beds. The  text  does  not  differ  from  the  original  as  given  by  Schaff  in 
"  Christ  in  Song"  p.  191. 

Nicholas  Louis  Zinzendorf  was  born  at  Dresden,  in  1700.  Of  noble 
family  he  had  the  best  advantages  for  study,  which  he  well  improved.  He 
was  fitted  for  the  law,  and  in  1721  entered  upon  his  duties  as  a  judge.  In 
1731  he  resigned  his  public  duties  in  order  to  devote  himself  to  Christian 
work,  which  had  been  growing  upon  him.  In  1734,  he  became  an  assist- 
ant pastor  at  Herrnhut.  He  travelled  extensively  in  behalf  of  Moravian 
missions,  extending  his  journey  to  America,  where  he  laboured  more  than 
a  year  in  Pennsylvania.  He  died  in  1760.  His  published  works  in  prose 
and  poetry  were  very  numerous.     He  wrote  in  all  about  2,000  hymns. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Elliott ;  Windle  ; 
Bickersteth.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.f  Ref.  Ch. 


481,     "  Day  of  judgment,  day  of  wonders  I " 

John  Newton  (1779);  probably  suggested  by  the  "Dies  Irae."  The 
fourth,  fifth,  and  seventh  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  The 
text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Singleton; 
Elliott;  Church;  Islington;  Windle;  Bickersteth;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations. 


482.     "How  will  my  heart  endure" 


175 


Philip  Doddridge  {d.  1751).  The  first  three  verses  of  the  original 
beginning,  "And  will  the  judge  descend?"  are  here  omitted.  In  line 
3  of  verse  2,  the  original  reads  thus :  "  Hark  !  from  the  Gospel's  gentle 
voice." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble;  Elliott ;  Canterbury.  Also 
by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


483.     "  Day  of  wrath  !  oh  day  of  mourning^ 

{Dies  irae,  dies  ilia!) 

Thomas  of  Celano  (13th  cent.);  translated  by  William  Josiah  Irons 
(1853).  The  text  is  from  ^ Hymns  Ancictit  and  Modern"  and  is  Irons' 
translation,  with  alterations  in  the  first  and  last  verses.  SchafiF  says: 
"  The  last  six  lines  (seven  in  the  Latin)  are  in  different  metre,  and  no  part 
of  the  original  hymn,  but  added,  in  the  Breviary,  from  older  funeral 
services  already  in  use."  About  one  hundred  translations  of  this  hymn  — 
can,  without  difficulty,  be  collected.  It  is  noticeable  as  one  of  the  few  ? 
Latin  hymns  in  which  the  singular  number  is  used  throughout.  The  fol-  ,' 
lowing  is  from  Schaff' s  "  Christ  in  Song"  p.  372  :  "  This  marvellous  hymn 
is  the  acknowledged  masterpiece  of  Latin  poetry,  and  the  most  sublime 
of  all  uninspired  hymns,  often  translated,  reproduced,  and  imitated,  but 
never  equalled.  It  is  one  of  those  rare  productions  which  can  never  die, 
but  increase  in  value  as  the  ages  advance.  It  has  commanded  the  ad- 
miration of  secular  poets,  and  men  of  letters,  like  Goethe,  Walter  Scott, 
and  Macaulay,  and  has  inspired  some  of  the  greatest  musicians,  from 
Palestrina  down  to  Mozart.  The  secret  of  the  irresistible  power  of  the 
Dies  Irae  lies  in  the  awful  grandeur  of  the  theme,  the  intense  earnestness 
and  pathos  of  the  poet,  the  simple  majesty  and  solemn  music  of  its  lan- 
guage, the  stately  metre,  the  triple  rhyme,  and  the  vowel  assonances 
chosen  in  striking  adaptation  to  the  sense, — all  combining  to  produce  an 
overwhelming  effect,  as  if  we  heard  the  final  crash  of  the  universe,  the 
commotion  of  the  opening  graves,  the  trumpet  of  the  archangel  summon- 
ing the  quick  and  the  dead,  and  saw  the  'King  of  tremendous  majesty' 
seated  on  the  throne  of  justice  and  mercy,  and  ready  to  dispense  everlast- 
ing life  or  everlasting  woe.  Goethe  describes  its  effect  upon  the  guilty 
conscience,  in  the  cathedral  scene  of  Faust : — 

"  '  Horror  seizes  thee ! 
The  trump  sounds ! 
The  grave  trembles ! 
And  thy  heart 

From  the  repose  of  its  ashes, 
For  fiery  torment 
Brought  to  life  again, 
Trembles  up ! ' 


176  Annotations. 

"The  opening  line,  which  is  literally  borrowed  from  the  Vulgate  version 
of  Zeph.  i.,  15,  (as  the  Stabat  Mater  likewise  opens  with  a  Scripture  sen- 
tence,— John  xix.,  25,)  strikes  the  key-note  to  the  whole  with  a  startling 
sound,  and  brings  up  at  once  the  judgment-scene  as  an  awful,  impending 
reality.  The  feeling  of  terror  occasioned  by  the  contemplation  of  that 
event  culminates  in  the  cry  of  repentance,  ver.  7 :  '  Quid  sum  miser,  tunc 
dicturus,'  etc.;  but  from  this  the  poet  rises  at  once  to  the  prayer  of  faith, 
and  takes  refuge  from  the  wrath  to  come  in  the  infinite  mercy  of  Him 
Who  suffered  nameless  pain  for  a  guilty  world,  Who  pardoned  the  sinful 
Magdalene,  and  saved  the  dying  robber." 

Thomas  was  named  "of  Celano"  from  a  small  town  near  the  Lake 
Fucino,  and  to  distinguish  him  from  another  of  the  same  name.  The  date 
of  his  birth  is  not  ascertained,  but  it  is  -known  that  he  was  one  of  the  first 
scholars  of  his  age,  an  attached  friend  of  S.  Francis  of  Assisi,  and  a  dis- 
tinguished member  of  the  Order  of  Minorites,  founded  in  1208.  He  held 
numerous  important  positions  in  the  church.  The  date  of  his  death  is  not 
known. 

William  Josiah  Irons,  the  son  of  a  Calvinistic  minister,  was  born  in 
1812.  He  studied  at  Queen's  College,  Oxford,  graduating  B.  A.  in  1833, 
M.  A.  in  1835,  and  D.  D.  in  1854.  He  was  ordained  Deacon  in  1835, 
Priest  in  1836 ;  was  appointed  Curate  of  S.  Mary's,  Newington,  in  1835, 
incumbent  of  S.  Peter's,  Walworth,  in  1837.  In  1838,  he  became  Vicar 
of  Parkway,  Herts,  and  Vicar  of  Brompton,  London,  in  1842.  He  has 
published  some  books,  and  many  controversial  pamphlets  and  sermons. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  bj^Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Sarum;  Single- 
ton ;  A.  and  M.;  People's  ;  Alford ;  Church ;  Windle ;  Canterbury ;  Chope ; 
Morrell  and  How;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


484.     "  Great  God,  what  do  I  see  and  hear  !" 
(Es  ist  gewisslich  an  der  Zeit.) 

An  imitation  from  Bartholomew  Ringwaldt  (1585).  The  author  of  the 
first  English  verse  is  unknown;  it  was  given  in  18 12  by  W.  B.  Collyer 
with  three  additional  verses  of  his  own.  In  the  last  verse  the  first  four 
lines  are  a  repetition  of  the  corresponding  lines  of  the  first  verse ;  the 
remaining  lines  are  by  Collyer.  The  following  is  the  original  version  of 
the  last  three  verses : — 

The  dead  in  Christ  are  first  to  rise  Far  over  space^  to  distant  spheres. 
And  greet  tJi^  Archangef  s  warning  The  lightnings  are  prevailing ; 

To  meet  the  Saviour  in  the  skies  77«'  ungodly  rise,  and  all  their  tears 
On  this  auspicious  morning ;  _A.nd  sighs  are  unavailing: 

No  gloomy  fears  their  souls  dismay  ;  The  day  of  grace  is  past  and  gone ; 

His  Presence  sheds  eternal  day  They  shake  before  the  Judge's  throne, 
On  those  prepared  to  meet  Hi«*  All  unprepared  to  meet  Him. 


Annotations.  i^^ 

Stay,  fancy,  stay,  and  close  thy  wings. 

Repress  thy  flight  too  daring ! 
One  wondrous  sight  7>iy  comfort  brings. 

The  Judge  my  nature  wearing. 
Beneath  His  cross  I  view  the  day 
When  Heaven  and  Earth  shall  pass  away, 

And  thus  prepare  to  meet  Him. 

Bartholomew  Ringwaldt  was  born  at  Frank  fort-on-the-Oder,  in  1530, 
and  was  a  Lutheran  pastor  at  Langfield,  in  Prussia,  where  he  died,  1598. 
His  hymns  resemble  Luther's  in  their  simphcity  and  power.  Several  of 
them  were  written  to  comfort  himself  and  others  in  the  sufferings  they 
endured  from  famine,  pestilence,  fire  and  floods.  In  1581,  he  published 
'•^  Hymns  for  ike  Sundays  and  festivals  of  the  whole  Year." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford ; 
Church;  Islington;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Morrell 
and  How;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.; 
Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


485.     ^^ Hark  !  hark,  my  sotil !  Angelic  songs  are  swelling." 

Frederick  William  Faber  (1854  ?);  in  "  Oratory  Hymns."  The  second 
and  sixth  verses  of  the  original  are  here  omitted.  One  line  is  altered  in 
the  text,  reading  thus  in  the  original : — 

Verse  5,  line  4,     "And  life's  long  night  shall  break  in  etidless  love.'' 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Hymnal 
Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary. 


486.     "  Christ  leads  me  through  no  darker  rooms." 

Richard  Baxter  (1681).  The  original  consists  of  eight  eight-line  verses, 
beginning,  "My  whole,  though  broken  heart,  O  Lord!"  It  is  entitled 
"  The  Covenant  and  Confidence  of  Faith."  The  text  comprises  the  last 
two  of  the  original  verses,  somewhat  altered.  The  lines  altered  in  the 
text  are,  in  the  original  as  given  by  Rogers,  as  follows : — 

Verse  i,  line  3,     ^^  He  that  unto  God's  kingdom  comes." 

Verse  2,  line  4,     "  What  will  Thy  glory  be  ! " 

Verse  3,  line  3,     "  And  join  with  the  triumphant  saints 
"    4,        That  sing  Jehovah's  praise." 

Verse  4,  line  3,     "  But  it's  enough  that  Christ  knows  all." 

12 


I'jS  Annotations, 

Richard  Baxter  was  born  at  Rowton,  in  Shropshire,  in  l6io.  Takins; 
Orders  in  the  Church  of  England,  he  was  appointed,  in  1640,  to  the 
parish  of  Kidderminster.  He  attached  himself  to  the  Puritan  party  in 
the  Church,  and  on  the  passage  of  the  Act  of  Uniformity,  renounced  his 
living.  For  nine  years  he  lived  in  retirement,  at  Acton,  Middlesex,  pro- 
ducing during  this  period  many  of  his  theological  works.  The  Act  of 
Indulgence  permitted  him  to  proceed  to  London  in  1672,  where  he  divided 
his  time  between  preaching  and  writing.  In  1685,  on  a  charge  of  sedition, 
he  was  sentenced  to  imprisonment  by  the  infamous  Judge  Jeffreys.  After 
eighteen  months'  imprisonment,  he  was  pardoned  and  released.  He  died 
in  1691.     His  works  were  collected  in  twenty-five  volumes,  1830. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Sarum  ;  People's  ;  Elliott ; 
Alford;  Church;  Marylebone;  Canterbury;  Bickersteth ;  Rogers.  Also 
by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


487.     "  //ow  long  shall  earth's  alluring  toys" 

Miss  Anne  Steele  (1760).     The  text  is  unaltered. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


488,     "  There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight," 

Isaac  Watts  (1709).  "Local  tradition  connects  this  hymn  with  the 
neighbourhood  of  Southampton,  and  says  that  it  was  while  looking  out 
upon  the  beautiful  scenery  of  the  harbour  and  river,  and  the  green  glades 
of  the  New  Forest  on  its  farther  bank,  that  the  idea  suggested  itself  to 
Dr.  Watts  of  '  a  land  of  pure  delight,'  and  of  '  sweet  fields  beyond  the 
swelling  flood,  dressed  in  living  green,'  as  an  image  of  the  heavenly  '  Ca- 
naan.'" The  only  alteration  in  the  text  is  in  line  3,  of  verse  3,  which  has 
in  the  original,  as  given  by  Rogers,  ''old"  instead  of  "fair." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Irish ;  People's ;  Elliott ;  Islington  ;  Marylebone  ;  Windle ;  Can- 
terbury ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth ;  Palmer ;  Rogers.  Also  by 
Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


489.     "  For  ever  with  the  Lord  !  " 

James  Montgomery  (1835).  The  original  has  twenty-two  verses;  the 
first  six  are  here  retained.     The  text  agrees  with  that  of  Palmer. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Barry ;  Alford ;  Windle ;  Bicker- 
steth ;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


Annotations!*  i^p 

490.     "  The  world  is  very  evil." 

{Hora  novissima^ 

From  the  Rhythm  " De  Contemptu  Mundi"  of  S.  Bernard  of  Cluny 
(ab.  1145);  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1858).  "The  original  is  in 
great  part  a  bitter  satire  on  the  corruptions  of  the  age,  but  opens,  by  way 
of  contrast,  with  this  exquisite  description  of  the  peace  and  glory  of 
heaven.  It  comprises  nearly  three  thousand  lines,  of  dactylic  hexameters, 
with  the  leonine  (sometimes  a  trisyllabic  or  dactylic)  and  tailed  rhyme, 
each  line  being  broken  up  in  three  equal  parts, — a  most  difficult  metre, 
which  only  a  special  grace  and  inspiration  enabled  the  author,  as  he  be- 
lieved, to  master.     I  quote  the  first  lines : — 

Hora.  nSvissimS  ||  tempSrS-  pessimS  ||  sunt :  vigilemus ! 
Ecce  !  minaciter  ||  imminet  arbiter  ||  ille  supremus! 
Imminet,  imminet,  ||  ut  mala  terminet  ||  asqua  coronet ! 
Recta  remuneret,  ||  auxia  liberet  ||  aethera  donet. 

It  was  first  published  by  Matthias  Flacius,  with  other  poems  calling  for 
a  reformation  of  ecclesiastical  abuses,  Basle,  1557;  and  about  five  times 
since,  more  recently  by  Trench,  though  only  in  part ;  but  first  naturalized 
in  English  by  the  admirable  transfusion  of  Dr.  Neale,  portions  of  which, 
especially  '  Jerusalem  the  golden,'  have  at  once  been  adopted  as  '  a  price- 
less acquisition,'  to  the  hymns  of  the  Church  Universal."  (Schaff's  "  Christ 
in  Song"  p.  642.) 

The  text  of  this  hymn  (No.  490),  as  well  as  of  the  three  following,  is 
from  " Hyi?i7is  Ancient  and  Modern,"  without  material  alteration,  though 
it  differs  slightly,  in  some  parts,  from  Neale's  translation. 

Bernard  of  Cluny,  who  lived  in  the  12th  century,  was  born  at  Morlaix, 
in  Brittany,  and  is  said  to  have  been  the  child  of  English  parents.  Noth- 
ing is  known  of  his  life.  A  connection  can  be  traced  between  him  and 
several  English  parish  churches.  When  the  priory  of  Castleaen,  Norfolk, 
was  founded,  Cluniac  monks  came  over  to  occupy  it;  from  that  priory 
several  churches  were  founded. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  A.  and  M.;  Hymnal  Noted; 
Hymnary.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


491.     "  Brief  life  is  here  our  portion^ 
{Hie  breve  vivitur.) 

S.  Bernard  of  Cluny  (ab.  1145) ;  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1851) 
in  his  "Mediaeval  Hymns."     See  the  preceding  hymn. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  byKemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Canterbury;  Chope ; 
Morrell  and  How;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer. 
Also  by  Cong. 


i8o  ^Annotations. 

492.      "'For  thee,  0  dear,  dear  Country" 
(O  bona  patria^ 

S.  Bernard  of  Cluny(ab.  1145);  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale(i85l) 
in  his  "■  Afediaeval  Hytnns."     See  hymn  No.  490. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Canterbury; 
Chope;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary.  Also  by  Presb.;  Ref. 
Ch. 


493.     "  yeriisalem  the  golden^ 
( Urbs  Syon  atirea.) 

S.  Bernard  of  Cluny  (ab.  1145) ;  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (185 1) 
in  his  '■^  Mediaeval  Hymns."     See  hymn  No.  490. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Irish ; 
Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  "Windle;  Can- 
terbury; Chope;  Morrell  and  How;  Hymnal  Noted;  Bickersteth;  Hym- 
nary ;  Palmer.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


494.     "  What  are  these  in  bright  array." 

James  Montgomery  (18 19);  in  ^'CotterilVs  Selection^  The  text  is 
from  Palmer,  without  material  alteration. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Kemble ;  Singleton ;  Elliott;  Alford ; 
Marylebone;  Bickersteth;  Palmer.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


495.     "  0  mother  dear,  yertisalem." 

"F.  B.  P."  (1576) ;  ascribed  also  to  David  Dickson  (1660).  Concerning 
this  h}Tnn  the  editor  cannot  do  better  than  to  quote  from  Rogers' 
''Lyra  Britannica,"  p.  667:  "A  Latin  hymn  of  the  8th  century,  com- 
mencing, '  Urbs  beata,  Hierusaletn,'  has,  like  Dies  Irae,  proved  the  founda- 
tion of  several  interesting  modern  compositions.  A  manuscript  quarto 
volume  in  the  British  Museum,  No.  15,225,  contains  (p.  72)  a  hymn  of 
twenty-six  verses,  entitled  '  A  Song  Mad  by  F.  B.  P.  to  the  tune  of  Diana.' 
Fourteen  verses  of  this  composition  have  been  published  by  Sir  Roundell 
Palmer,  in  his  '  Book  of  Praise.'  There  is  no  date  attached  to  it,  but  there 
is  evidence  to  show  that  it  was  not  written  prior  to  1616  (Sedgwick  says 
1576).  Dickson's  hymn  is  so  far  a  variation  on  the  Museum  version, 
but  extends  to  thirty-six  additional  verses.     From  the  expression  'Our 


Annotations.  i8i 

Ladie,'  which  occurs  in  the  latter,  it  would  appear  to  have  been  composed 
by  a  Roman  Catholic.  Dickson  had  probably  seen  the  Museum  copy  in 
the  form  of  a  tract,  and,  admiring  its  strain,  had  adopted  it  as  the  founda- 
tion of  a  hymn  for  Protestants.  His  version  was  printed  in  a  broadsheet. 
In  a  valuable  paper  in  Excelsior,  a  religious  serial,  the  ingenious  writer 
traces  the  original  conception  of  the  hymn  to  S.  Augustine.  See  Excelsior, 
Lond.,  1854,  vol.  i.,  pp.  267-276." 

The  text  is  composed  of  transposed  portions  of  the  version  ascribed  to 
Dickson,  some  of  them  considerably  altered. 

David  Dickson  was  born  at  Glasgow,  in  1583.  He  became  a  Presby- 
terian minister  in  1618,  and  in  1640  Professor  of  Divinity  at  Glasgow; 
ten  years  later  he  accepted  the  Chair  of  Theology  in  the  University  of 
Edinburgh.  He  was  deprived  of  his  office  at  the  Restoration,  for  refusing 
the  oath  of  supremacy.  He  died  in  1663.  He  published  a  number  of 
works. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


496.     "  yerusalem,  my  happy  ho77iey 

Founded  on  the  preceding  hymn;  in  its  present  form,  anonymous 
(iSoi);  in  "  Williatns  and  Boden's  Collection,"  there  copied  from  the 
"  Eckington  Collectioti."  The  reader  is  referred  to  the  notes  on  the  pre- 
ceding hymn. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Sarum ; 
A.  andM.;  Elliott;  Alford;  Church;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Canterbury; 
Chope ;  Morrell  and  How ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary ; 
Palmer;  Rogers.    Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


497.     "  Jenisalem  !  high  tower  thy  glorious  walls." 
(Jerusalem,  du  hochgebaute  Stadt.) 

John  Matthias  Meyfart  (1630) ;  translated  by  William  Rollinson  Whit- 
tingham,  in  '' Hy?nns  for  Church  and  Home"  (1859).  "The  best  known 
German  hymn  on  the  Heavenly  City  is  by  Meyfart,  or  rather  is  Kosegar- 
ten's  imitation  of  it."  {Btggs.)  It  has  also  been  translated  by  Miss  Cox, 
Miss  Winkworth,  and  John  Mason  Neale. 

This  hymn  is  not  adopted  in  any  of  the  Hymnals  examined. 


498.     "  0  Lord,  Thy  mercy,  my  sure  hope^ 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696);  Psalm  xxxvi. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;   Kemble;   S.  P.C.  K.;   Barry;  Islington; 
Windle;  Bickersteth. 


i82  Annotations* 


499.     "My  soul,  inspired  with  sacred  love." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  ciii. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Church; 
Windle.     Also  by  Cong. 


500.     "  The  Lord  descended  from  above'' 

Psalm  xviii.  The  first  two  verses  are  by  Thomas  Stemhold  {d.  1549); 
the  last  verse  is  anonymous.  "The  learned  Scaliger  declared  that  he 
would  rather  be  the  author  of  the  second  verse  than  of  all  that  he  had 
written." 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.P.  C.  K.;  Elliott;  Islington;  Windle. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt. 


501.     "Thou  art  the  Way,  to  Thee  alone" 

George  Washington  Doane  (1824);  in  "  Songs  by  the  Way."  Also  in 
the  Prayer  Book  Collection,  from  which  the  text  is  taken  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Islington;  Win- 
dle; Chope;  Morrell  and  How ;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Ref.  Ch. 


502.     "  God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way." 

William  Cowper  (1774);  in  the  "  Gospel  Magazine."  The  title  of  this 
hymn  is  "  Light  shining  out  of  darkness."  Concerning  its  origin,  it  is 
said,  that  in  one  of  his  fits  of  melancholy  Cowper  thought  it  was  the 
Divine  will  that  he  should  go  to  a  particular  part  of  the  river  Ouse  and 
drown  himself,  but  in  going  the  driver  missed  the  way,  and  on  the  poet's 
return  he  wrote  this  hymn.  Montgomery  terms  it  "  a  lyric  of  high  tone 
and  character,  and  rendered  awfully  interesting  by  the  circumstances  un- 
der which  it  was  written — in  the  twilight  of  departing  reason."  It  was 
the  last  he  composed  for  the  "  Olney  Collection!'     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  Barry; 
Irish;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Alford ;  Islington;  Windle;  Can- 
terbury; Bickersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.; 
Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


503.     "Happy,  thrice  happy  they,  who  hear'' 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  Ixxxix.     A  portion  only  of  the  original 
version. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 


Annotations.  ig^ 

504.     "  The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepared 

Joseph  Addison  (1712);  appearing  at  the  close  of  an  essay  on  "Trust 
in  God,"  in  the  ''Spectator"  No.  441  (July  26,  1712).  The  essay  contains 
the  following  words  by  Addison:  "The  person  who  has  a  finn  trust  on 
the  Supreme  Being  is  powerful  in  His  power,  wise  by  His  wisdom,  happy 
by  His  happiness.  He  reaps  the  benefit  of  every  Divine  attribute,  and 
loses  his  own  insufficiency  in  the  fulness  of  Infinite  perfection."  The  last 
verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P. C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Irish ;  Singleton  ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Bick- 
ersteth;  Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


505.     "  Guide  me,  0  Thou  great  yehovah" 

William  Williams  (1773).  It  is  taken  from  the  Welsh  of  Williams,  but 
the  author  of  the  translation  is  not  known.  The  last  verse  of  the  original 
is  here  omitted.     In  the  original  the  fifth  line  of  each  verse  is  repeated. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall ;  Kemble  ;  Mercer  ;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry;  Irish;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott;  Islington;  Windle;  Morrell 
and  How;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


506.     "  Lead  us,  heavenly  Father,  lead  us." 

James  Edmeston  (1S20).     The  text  is  from  Palmer,  unaltered. 

The  author  was  born  at  Wapping,  London,  in  1791.  He  was  educated 
at  Hackney,  and  at  the  age  of  sixteen  was  articled  to  an  architect  and 
surveyor.  In  1816,  he  commenced  business  on  his  own  account.  During 
his  life  he  took  an  active  interest  in  Church  Schools,  and  providing  for 
them  proper  buildings.  He  died  in  1867.  He  was  the  author  of  nearly 
2,000  hymns.  One  of  them — "  Saviour,  breathe  an  evening  blessing" — a 
universal  favourite,  is  not  in  this  collection. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Mercer ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish;  Single- 
ton; Elliott;  Marylebone;  Windle;  Morrell  and  How;  Bickersteth; 
Palmer.     Also  by  Presb. 


507.     "Nearer,  ?ny  God,  to  Thee." 

Mrs.  Sarah  Flower  Adams  (1841) ;  in  Part  II.  of  Charles  Fox's  "Hymns 
and  Anthems."  The  text  has  no  material  alteration  except  in  line  4  of 
verse  4,  where  "Altars"  is  substituted  for  "Bethel." 

Sarah  Fuller  Flower  was  the  daughter  of  Benjamin  Flower,  editor  and 
proprietor  of  "The   Cambridge  Intelligencer."     She  was  born  in  1805. 


184  Slnnotatious. 

She  early  showed  a  taste  for  literature,  and  with  her  sister,  also  of  literary 
tastes,  devoted  some  years  to  intellectual  culture.  In  1834,  she  married 
William  Bridges  Adams,  an  eminent  engineer,  and  a  contributor  to  some 
of  the  principal  newspapers  and  reviews.  She  died  in  1849.  Her  relig- 
ious position  was  that  of  a  Unitarian. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Sarum ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M.;  People's  ;  Elliott ;  Alford  ;  Windle  ;  Canter- 
buiy;  Chope;  Morrelland  How;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer;  Rogers. 
Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


508.     "TVi^  spacious  firmament  on  high'' 

Joseph  Addison  (17 12).  It  appeared  at  the  close  of  an  article  by 
Addison  on  "  The  Right  Means  to  Strengthen  Faith,"  in  the  "  Spectator," 
No.  465  (August  23,  1712).     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  Hall;  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.; 
Barry ;  Singleton ;  Elliott ;  Islington ;  Marylebone ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth ; 
Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


509.     "  0  Paradise,  0  Paradise  !" 

Frederick  William  Faber  (1854  ?) ;  in  his  "  Oratory  Hymns."  The  text 
is  from  '■''Hymns  Ancient  and  Alodern,"  but  the  third  verse  of  the  original 
is  omitted,  and  the  last  verse  is  added  to  the  author's  version. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  A.  and  M. ;  People's  ;  Morrell  and 
How ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary.     Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


510.     "/«  Thee  I  put  my  steadfast  trusts 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  Ixxi. 

This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk.;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Windle. 


511.     ^'Almighty  God!  I  call  to  Thee!' 

Martin  Luther  (1524);  translation  anonymous;  in  " Hyfnns  for  Church 
and  Home"  (1859). 

This  hymn  is  not  found  in  any  of  the  collections  examined. 


512.     '■''Lead,  kindly  Light,  amid  the  encircling  gloom." 

John  Henry  Newman  (1833);  in  '^'^ Lyra  Apostolica"  (1836).  "This 
hymn  possesses  great  autobiographic  interest.  It  was  written  in  1833, 
when  its  author  was  on  a  voyage  in  the  Mediterranean.     He  had  just 


Annotations*  185 

been  overtaken  by  illness,  his  soul  was  passing  through  remarkable  ex- 
periences, and  he  was  watching  with  deep  interest  the  religious  move- 
ment going  on  at  home."  {Alilkr.)  The  text  is  from  ^^  Hymns  Ancient  and 
Modern"  unaltered. 

John  Henry  Newman  was  born  in  London,  in  1801.  He  studied  at 
Trinity  College,  Oxford,  graduating  B.  A.  in  1820,  and  was  subsequently 
Fellow  of  Oriel  College.  In  1825,  he  became  Vice  Principal  of  S.  Alban's 
Hall,  and  was  Tutor  of  his  college  for  several  years.  In  1828,  he  became 
incumbent  of  S.  Mary's,  Oxford,  with  the  chaplaincy  of  Littlemore.  In 
1842,  he  went  to  preside  over  a  Brotherhood  he  had  established  at  Little- 
more.  He  was  the  author  of  twenty-four  of  the.  "  Tracts  for  ike  Times," 
amongst  them  the  celebrated  Tract  No.  90,  which  brought  censure  upon 
its  author.  In  1845,  he  left  the  Church  of  England  and  entered  the 
Church  of  Rome.  He  was  appointed  Father  Superior  of  the  Oratory  of 
S.  Philip  Neri,  at  Birmingham,  and  in  1S54,  Rector  of  the  new  Roman 
Catholic  University  at  Dublin,  an  office  he  filled  till  1858.  He  now 
resides  at  Birmingham.     He  has  published  a  large  number  of  works. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Barry ;  Sarum ;  Singleton  ;  A.  and  M.;  Elliott ; 
Windle ;  Hymnary  ;  Palmer.      Also  by  Ref.  Ch. 


513.     "  0  where  shall  rest  be  found." 

James  Montgomery  (1819);  in  "Coiterill's  Selection."  The  original 
has  three  eight-line  verses,  of  which  the  text  comprises  all  but  the  last 
four  lines.  In  line  3  of  verse  5,  the  original  reads  ^'driven"  instead  of 
"  banished." 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Pr. Bk.;  Kemble ;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry  ; 
Irish;  Elliott;  Windle;  Bickersteth.  Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.; 
Ref.  Ch. 


514.     "Art  thou  weary,  art  thou  languid." 
(K(57rov  re  koI  K&fiaTov.) 

S.  Stephen  the  Sabaite  {d.  794);  translated  by  John  Mason  Neale  (1862) 
in  '■'Hymns  of  the  Ancient  Church."  "The  original  stanzas  Neale  has 
entitled  '  Idiomela  in  the  week  of  the  first  oblique  tone.'  He  uses  the 
word  'idiomela'  for  'stanzas  which  are  their  own  models.'  The  other 
part  of  the  title  refers  to  the  chant  or  tune  appointed  in  the  Eastern 
Church  service  for  this  piece."  {Miller^ 

S.  Stephen,  called  the  Sabaite,  from  the  Monastery  of  S.  Sabas,  near 
Jerusalem,  was  a  nephew  of  S.  John  Damascene.  He  was  only  ten  years 
of  age  when  his  uncle  placed  him  in  the  monastery,  and  he  remained 
there  fifty-nine  years.  Little  is  known  of  his  life.  He  is  commemorated 
on  July  13. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Sarum;  Singleton;  A.  and  M.; 
People's  ;  Hymnal  Noted ;  Bickersteth ;  Hymnary. 


i86  Annotations. 

515.  ''Thou  hidden  love  of  God,  Whose  height." 

(Verborgne  Gottesliebe  Du.) 

Gerhard  Tersteegen  (1731);  translated  by  John  Wesley  (1736).  The 
text  consists  of  the  first,  fourth,  fifth  and  eighth  verses.  The  text  is  unal- 
tered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Mercer ;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Elliott ; 
Islington;  Windle;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt. 

516.  "  The  Lord  our  God  is  clothed  with  might." 

Henry  Kirke  White  {d.  1806).     The  text  has  no  material  alteration. 
This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Meth.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 

517.     "  0  Thou  to  Whom  all  creatures  bow." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  viii. 

This  is  adopted  by  Hall ;  Kemble ;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry ;  Elliott ;  Church ; 
Islington ;  Windle ;  Bickersteth.     Also  by  Cong. 

518.     "  Afy  hope,  my  steadfast  trust." 

Tate  and  Brady  (1696) ;  Psalm  xxxi. 
This  is  adopted  by  Pr.  Bk. 

519.     "  0  worship  the  King." 

Robert  Grant  (^.1838);  in  "  Sacred  Poems"  (1839).  Founded  upon 
William  Kethe's  version  of  the  104th  Psalm,  beginning,  "  My  soul,  praise 
the  Lord."     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble;  Mercer;  S.  P.  C.  K.;  Barry;  Irish; 
Singleton;  A.  and  M.;  People's;  Elliott;  Alford;  Islington;  Marylebone; 
Windle;  Canterbury;  Chope;  Morrell  and  How  ;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary; 
Palmer;  Rogers.     Also  by  Presb.;  Cong.;  Bapt.;  Ref.  Ch. 


520,      ''  Far  fro?n  my  heavenly  home." 

Henry  Francis  Lyte  (1834) ;  in  the  "  Spirit  of  the  Psalms."  The  second 
verse  of  the  original  is  here  omitted.     The  text  is  unaltered. 

This  hymn  is  adopted  by  Kemble ;  Barry ;  Irish ;  Singleton ;  A.  and  M.; 
Islington;  Windle;  Bickersteth;  Hymnary;  Palmer.  Also  by  Presb.; 
Cong.;  Ref.  Ch. 


LIST  OF  AUTHORS. 


[When  a  biographical  sketch  is  given  in  the  foregoing  pages,  it  may  be  found  with 
the  first  hymn  here  assigned  to  the  author.] 


Adam  of  S.  Victor,  272. 
Adams,  Mrs.  Sarah  Flower,  507. 
Addison,  Joseph,  269,  426,  504,  508. 
a».  Alexander,  Rev.  James  Waddell,  87. 

Alexander,  Mrs.  Cecil  Frances,  91,  107,  231,  233,  292,  380. 

Alford,  Dean  Henry,  214,  306. 

Allen,  Rev.  James,  84. 

Ambrose,  Saint,  100. 

Anatolius,  Saint,  265,  341. 

Andrew,  Saint  (of  Crete),  68. 

Anonymous,    41,  50,  99,  125,  133,  166,  173,  174,  178,  180,  iSi,  183 

223,  227,  229,  244,  273,  290,  295,  351,  373,  421,  496. 
Athenogenes,  348. 
AuBER,  Miss  Harriet,  132. 

Bakewell,  Rev.  John,  76. 

Baker,  Rev.  Sir  Henry  Williams,  75,  246,  305,  312,  317,  464. 
Barbauld,  Mrs.  Anna  Letitia,  156,  261  (?),  302. 
Baxter,  Rev.  Richard,  486. 
Beddome,  Rev.  Benjamin,  239,  271,  479. 
Benson,  Rev.  Richard  M.,  182. 
Bernard,  Saint  (of  Clairvaux),  87,  455. 
Bernard,  Saint  (of  Cluny),  490,  491,  492,  493. 
^Bethune,  Rev.  George  W.,  97. 

Bickersteth,  Rev.  Edward  Henry,  3S8. 
Bohemian  Brethren,  106, 


i88  aCst  of  ^tttjors, 

BONAR,  Rev.  Horatius,  28,  254. 

BORTHWICK,  Miss  Jane,  5,  291. 

BOWDLER,  John,  452. 

BOWRING,  Sir  James,  43. 

Brady,  Nicholas  (see  Tate  and  Brady),  6. 

Bridges,  Matthew,  80,  116,  198,  234. 

Browne,  Rev.  Simon,  131. 

Bruce,  Michael,  222,  390. 

Byrom,  John,  21. 

C F ,  310. 

Cameron,  Rev.  William,  177,  475. 
Campbell,  Robert,  100,  272. 
Carlyle,  Rev.  Joseph  Dacre,  69. 
Caswall,  Rev.  Edward,  25,  74,  345,  378,  455,  458. 
Camwood,  Rev.  John,  20. 
Cennick,  Rev.  John,  i,  449. 
Chandler,  Rev.  John,  12,  48,  279,  358. 
Collyer,  Rev.  William  Bengo,  247,  4S4. 
Compilers  of  Hymns  Ancient  and  Modern,  32,  48,  100,  272. 
Conder,  Rev.  Josiah,  209,  323. 
Cooper,  John,  142. 
Cosin,  Bishop  John,  137. 
Cotterill,  Rev.  Thomas,  148,  413  (?). 
CowPER,  William,  365,  383,  435,  445,  446,  502. 
Cox,  Miss  Frances  Elizabeth,  104. 
f  —     Croswell,  Rev.  William,  300. 

"/.  De  Wolfe,  John,  433. 

Dickson,  Rev.  David,  495. 

Dix,  William  Chatterton,  45,  249  (?). 
i^    —  Doane,  Bishop  George  Washington,  8,  340,  501. 

Doddridge,   Rev.  Philip,  15,  30,  171,  192,  205,  206,  212,  217,  235, 
296,  297,  304,  326,  327,  371,  376,  473,  476,  482. 

Dryden,  John,  129. 

Duncan,  Mrs.  Mary  Lundie,  352. 
•f      -    DwiGHT,  John  S.,  309. 
^       '^   DwiGHT,  Rev.  Timothy,  191. 


3Ltst  Of  SlutfiorB.  i8p 

East,  John,  468. 

V    Eastburn,  Rev.  James  Wallis,  139. 

Edmeston,  James,  506. 

Ellerton,  Rev.  John,  159,  169,  346,  432. 

Elliott,  Miss  Charlotte,  256,  392. 

Elven,  Rev.  Cornelius,  71. 

Evans,  Rev.  Jonathan,  88. 

F B P ,  495. 

Faber,  Rev.  Frederick  William,  89,  338,  460,  485,  509. 
Fawcett,  Rev.  John,  315. 
FORTUNATUS,  Venantius,  79. 
Francis,  Rev.  Benjamin,  152. 
Frank,  Johann,  308. 

Gellert,  Christian  Furchtegett,  104. 
Gerhardt,  Paul,  87. 
Gibbons,  Rev.  Thomas,  loi. 
.>«  ■'—  Gilman,  Mrs.  Caroline,  444. 
Gisborne,  Rev.  Thomas,  325. 

Cv  .  GODESCALCUS,   425. 

Gould,  Rev.  Sabine  Baring,  232. 
Grant,  Sir  Robert,  53,  250,  519. 
Grigg,  Rev.  Joseph,  218. 
'  ■ —  Griswold,  Bishop  Alexander  Viets,  145. 
Gurney,  Rev.  John  Hampden,  251. 
^_  Guyon,  Madame  Jeanne  Bouvier  de  la  Motte,  457. 

Hammond,  Rev.  William,  463. 
Hart,  Rev.  Joseph,  135,  167,  381. 
Haweis,  Rev.  Thomas,  65. 
^,     Heath,  George,  470. 

Heber,  Bishop  Reginald,    2,  4,  37,  138,  176,  201,  207,  224,  266,  283 

344- 
Hensley,  L.,  7. 
Hinds,  Bishop  Samuel,  241. 
Hopkins,  Rev.  John,  405. 

How,  Rev.  William  Walsham,  10,  33,  186,  187,  299,  362. 
Hutton,  Henry  WoUaston,  443. 


jgo  3list  Of  ^tttjors, 

'  HUTTON,   J.,    158. 

."•    —   Hyde,  Mrs.  Ann  Beadley,  215. 

Irons,  Rev.  "William  Josiah,  483. 

John,  Saint  Damascene,  105. 
Joseph,  Saint  (of  the  Studium),  262. 
Joyce,  Rev.  James,  294. 

Keble,  Rev.  John,  136,  172,  240,  248,  329,  336,  348,  367. 
Keith,  George,  398. 

Kelly,  Rev.  Thomas,  77,  78,  102,  115,  118,  342. 
Ken,  Bishop  Thomas,  332,  333. 
Kethe,  Rev.  William,  405. 
"5^    —  Key,  Francis  Scott,  307,  454. 
^Hyv/'-'A.-  (^         King,  Joshua,  219. 

Laurenti,  Laurentius,  5. 

Leland,  Rev.  John,  334. 

Logan,  Rev.  John,  326. 

Lowth,  Bishop  Robert,  155. 

Luke,  Mrs.  Jemima,  226. 

Luther,  Martin,  397,  511. 

Lyte,  Rev.  Henry  Francis,  200,  236,  335,  520. 

Macduff,  Rev.  John  Robert,  394. 
Mackay,  Mrs.  Margaret,  260. 
Maitland,  Miss  Fanny  Fuller,  477. 
Mant,  Bishop  Richard,  81,  423,  431. 
Marriott,  Rev.  John,  146. 
Mason,  Rev.  John,  149,  274. 
Maude,  Mrs.  Mary  Fawler,  238. 
Medley,  Rev.  Samuel,  374,  429. 
Meinhold,  John  William,  263. 
^  Merrick,  Rev.  James,  199. 

^    ^  ■  Meyfart,  John  Matthias,  497. 

Middleton,  Bishop  Thomas  Fanshaw,  61. 
MiLMAN,  Dean  Henry  Hart,  73,  82,  252. 


3List  of  SCutijorB.  igi 

MONSELL,  Rev.  John  Samuel  Bewly,  64. 

Montgomery,  James,  24,  34,  42,   86,   126,   130,   144,    163,   211,   220, 
230,  270,  275,  298,  400,  404,  408,  422,  443,   466,  469,  489,  494, 

513- 
Morrison,  Rev.  John,  27. 
Moultrie,  Rev.  John,  92. 
< — Muhlenberg,  Rev.  William  Augustus,  23,  93,  195,  213. 

Neale,  Rev.  John  Mason,  13,   68,    72,    79,    105,   262,    265,    276,    282, 
341.   353.   354,   355.   356,   357,   359,  425,  430,  49°,  491,  492.  493. 

514. 
Nelson,  Earl,  14,  175. 
Newman,  Rev.  John  Henry,  512. 
Newton,  Rev.  John,  31,  164,  168,  190,  350,  395,  399,  401,  45°.  465. 

481. 
Noel,  Hon.  and  Rev.  Gerard  Thomas,  255. 

^        Oakeley,  Rev.  Frederick,  19. 
Ogilvie,  Rev.  John,  419. 
Olivers,  Rev.  Thomas,  141. 

Onderdonk,  Bishop  Henry  Ustick,  35,  59,    134,    286,   293,    379,    382 

442,  479. 

—^Palmer,  Rev.  Ray,  237. 
Patrick,  Rev.  John,  203. 
Perronet,  Rev.  Edward,  424. 
Pope,  Alexander,  36. 
Pott,  Rev.  Francis,  103. 
Proctor,  Miss  Adelaide  Anne,  337. 
Prynne,  Rev.  George  Rundle,  225. 

Raffles,  Rev.  Thomas,  253. 
^*         ■— 'RiNGWALDT,  Bartholomew,  484. 
Cv.        --  RiNKART,  Martin,  303. 

Robinson,  George,  197. 

Robinson,  Rev.  Robert,  370. 

RoDiGAST,  Samuel,  257. 

Russell,  Rev.  Arthur  Tozer,  109. 


IQ2  aist  of  Sixitifovs, 

Santolius,  Maglorianus,  75. 
Scott,  Miss  Elizabeth,  148. 
Scott,  Rev.  Thomas,  58,  loi. 
Scott,  Sir  Walter,  3. 
Seagrave,  Rev.  Robert,  447. 
— —  Sears,  Rev.  Edmund  Hamilton,  22,  26. 
Shirley,  Hon.  Walter,  84,  165,  375. 
Shrubsole,  William,  287,  314. 
SiLESius,  Angelus,  461. 
y  ■ —  Smith,  Samuel  J.,  328. 

Smyttan,  Rev.  George  Hunt,  49. 

Stammers,  Joseph,  472. 

Steele,  Miss  Anne,  56,  66,  151,  204,  311,  343,  360,  372,  440,  487. 

Stennett,  Rev.  Joseph,  153. 

Stennett,  Rev.  Samuel,  85. 

Stephen,  Saint,  the  Sabaite,  514. 

Sternhold,  Thomas,  405,  500. 

Stone,  Rev.  Samuel  John,  67,  202. 

Stowell,  Rev.  Hugh,  403.  * 

Tate,  Nicholas,  18,  127. 

Tate  and  Brady,  6,  11,  18,   38,   51,   52,   55,  60,   94,   95,    iio,  112, 

120,  121,  122,  162,   185,  193,  194,  196,  221,  243,  245,  258,  264, 

277,  278,  280,  281,  285,  301,  316,  319,  320,  322,  363,  366,  368, 

377,  406,  407,  410,  411,  412,  414,  415,  416,  418,  421,  427,  436, 

437.  438,  439.  448,  451.  498.  499.   503.   5io,   517.   5i8. 
Tersteegen,  Gerhard,  62,  515. 
Theodulph,  Saint,  72. 
Thomas  of  Celano,  483. 
Thursby,  384. 

ToKE,  Mrs.  Emma,  113,  179. 
TONNA,  Mrs.  (Charlotte  Elizabeth),  26S. 
TOPLADY,  Rev.  Augustus  Montague,  339,  391. 
TuTTiETT,  Rev.  Laurence,  9. 

Von  Canitz,  Baron,  330. 


ILiBt  of  Slut$ors,  193 

Ware,  Rev.  Henry,  108. 

Watts,  Rev.  Isaac,  29,  40,  44,   57,  83,  0,   "9,   123,   124,   128,   143 

147,  150,   154,   157,   161,   184,  208,  228,  259,  284,  289,  313,  321, 

324!  361,  364,  369,  3S5,  386-  409,  420,  453.  459,  462,  471,  488 
Weiss,  Michael,  106. 
Wesley,  Rev.  Charles,  i,  17,  39.  47.  54,  70.  98,   "4,   ii7,   170,   188 

210,  216,  318,  331,  387,  389,  393,   396,  402,  409,  417,  428,  434 

456,  467,  474,  478. 
Wesley,  Rev.  John,  62,  119,  461,  480,  515. 
Whately,  Archbishop  Richard,  344. 
White,  Henry  Kirke,  46,  477,  516. 
Whiting,  William,  267. 
^  ,      -=->  Whittingham,  Bishop  William  RoUinson,  397,  497. 
Whytehead,  Rev.  Thomas,  90. 
Williams,  Miss  Helen  Maria,  441. 
Williams,  Rev.  Isaac,  63. 
;    ,  Williams,  Bishop  John,  in. 

rt  Williams,  Rev.  William,  288,  505. 

Winkworth,  Miss  Catherine,  106,  257,  263,  303,  3o8. 
Wordsworth,  Bishop  Christopher,  140,  160,  189,  242,  349. 

,  Xavier,  Saint  Francis,  458. 

ZiNZENDORF,  Count,  480. 


13 


INDEX  OF  FIRST  LINES. 


HYMN. 

A  charge  to  keep  I  have Charles  Wesley.  i,-ji, 

A  few  more  years  shall  roll Horatius  Bonar.  2S 

A  glory  gilds  the  sacred  page William  Co^vper.  365 

A  Mountain  Fastness  is  our  God M.  Luther;  tr.  by  W.  R.  Whittingham.  397 

Abide  with  me  ;   fast  falls  the  eventide Henry  Francis  Lyte.  335 

According  to  Thy  gracious  word James  Montgomery.  211 

Adored  for  ever  be  the  Lord Tate  and  Brady ^  and  A  non.  ^21 

Again  the  Lord  of  life  and  light A  7ina  Letitia  Barhatdd.  156 

Ah,  how  shall  fallen  man Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk.  382 

Ah ,  not  like  erring  man  is  God Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk.  379 

All  glorious  God,  what  hymns  of  praise Philip  Doddridge.  371 

All  glory,  laud,  and  honour 5".  TJieodulph  ;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  72 

All  hail  the  power  of  Jesus'  Name Edward  Perronet.  ifii^ 

AH  is  o'er,  the  pain,  the  sorrow John  Moultrie.  92 

All  people  that  on  earth  do  dwell William  Kethe.  405 

All  praise  to  Thee,  my  God,  this  night Tho7nas  Ken.  333 

All  ye  who  seek  for  sure  relief Rom.  Brev.:  tr.  by  Edzuard  Caswall.  378 

Alleluia,  song  of  sweetness Tr.  by  John  Mas07i  Neale.  430 

Almighty  Father,  bless  the  word ..A non.  166 

Almighty  God,  I  call  to  Thee Martin  Luther:  trans.  A  non.  511 

Almighty  Lord,  before  Thy  throne Anne  Steele.  311 

Although  the  vine  its  fruit  deny Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk.  i,ift. 

Am  I  a  soldier  of  the  cross Isaac  Watts.  471 

And  are  we  now  brought  near  to  God Philip  Doddridge.  206 

And  is  the  time  approaching Jane  Borthivick.  291 

Angel  bands,  in  strains  sweet  sounding  John  De  Wol/e.  433 

Angels,  from  the  realms  of  glory yatnes  Montgomery.  24 

Angels,  roll  the  rock  away Thomas  Scott  and  TJiomas  Gibbotis.  loi 

Another  six  days'  work  is  done Joseph  Stennett.  153 

Approach,  my  soul,  the  mercy-seat John  Newton.  399 

Arise,  my  soul,  with  rapture  rise Samuel  J.  Smith.  328 

Arm  of  the  Lord,  awake,  awake William  Shrubsole.  2S7 

Arm  these  Thy  soldiers,  mighty  Lord Christopher  Wordsworth,  242 

Art  thou  weary,  art  thou  languid  ..S.  Stephen  the  Sabaite  ;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  514 

As  now  the  sun's  declining  rays Tr.  by  John  Mason  Neale.  358 

As  o'er  the  past  my  memory  strays Thomas  Fanshaw  Middleton.  6i 

As,  panting  in  the  sultry  beam John  Bowdler.  452 


196 


Untitv  of  iFivst  SLints. 


As  pants  the  hart  for  cooling  streams - Taie  atid  Brady. 

As  pants  the  wearied  hart  for  cooling  springs Robert  Lotvih 

As,  when  the  weary  traveller  gains John  Newton 

As  with  gladness  men  of  old iVilliam  Chatterton  Dix 

Asleep  in  Jesus,  blessed  sleep Margaret  Mackay. 

At  the  Lamb's  high  feast  we  sing Rom.  Brev.;  tr.  by  Robert  Campbell. 

Awake,  and  sing  the  song • IVilliam  Hammond. 

Awake,  my  soul,  and  with  the  sun -  . Thomas  Ken 

Awake,  my  soul,  stretch  every  nerve Philip  Doddridge 

Awake,  ray  soul,  to  joyful  lays Samuel  Medley. 

Awake,  ye  saints,  awake Elizabeth  Scott  and  Tfiomas  Coiterill. 

Before  Jehovah's  awful  throne Isaac  IVatts. 

Before  the  ending  of  the  day Tr.  by  John  Mason  Neale. 

Before  the  Lord  we  bow Francis  Scott  Key. 

Begin,  my  soul,  th'  exalted  lay John  Ogilvie. 

Behold  a  humble  train Anon. 

Behold  the  glories  of  the  Lamb Isaac  Watts. 

Behold  the  Lamb  of  God Matthew  Bridges. 

Behold  the  morning  sun Isaac  Watts. 

Bless  God,  my  soul ;  Thou,  Lord,  alone Tate  and  Brady 

Blest  be  the  tie  that  binds John  Faivceit. 

Blest  day  of  God,  most  calm,  most  bright John  Mason 

Bound  upon  the  accursfed  tree Henry  Hart  Milman 

Bread  of  heaven,  on  Thee  we  feed Josiah  Conder. 

Bread  of  the  world,  in  mercy  broken Reginald  Heber. 

Breast  the  wave.  Christian Joseph  Stamtners 

Brief  life  is  here  our  portion S.  Bernard  0/  Cluny  ;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale. 

Brightest  and  best  of  the  sons  of  the  morning Reginald  Heber. 

By  cool  Siloam's  shady  rill  Reginald  Heber. 

Calm  on  the  listening  ear  of  night Edmund  Hajnilton  Sears 

Children  of  the  heavenly  King John  Cennick. 

Christ  is  made  the  sure  Foundation Tr.  by  John  Mason  Neale. 

Christ  is  our  Corner-Stone Tr.  by  John  Chandler. 

Christ  leads  me  through  no  darker  rooms Richard  Baxter. 

Christ  the  Lord  is  risen  again M.  Weiss  ;  tr.  by  C.  Winkworth 

Christ  the  Lord  is  risen  to-day Charles  Wesley. 

Christ,  Whose  glory  fills  the  skies Charles  Wesley. 

Christian  !  dost  thou  see  them S.  A  ndrew  of  Crete  :  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale. 

Christians,  awake,  salute  the  happy  morn John  Byrom 

Come,  gracious  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove Sivion  Browne. 

Come  hither,  ye  faithful Tr.  by  Edward  Caswall. 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  Creator,  come Tr.  by  Nahum  Tate. 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  our  souls  inspire Tr.  by  John  Cosin 

Come,  Holy  Ghost,  with  God  the  Son Tr.  by  John  Mason  Neale 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  come Joseph  Hart. 

Come,  Holy  Spirit,  heavenly  Dove Isaac  Watts. 


Kn&er  of  irCrst  ILCnes.  ^g^ 

HYMN. 

Come  let  us  join  our  cheerful  songs Isaac  JVatts.  208 

Come,  let  us  join  our  friends  above Charles  IVesley.  188 

Come,  my  soul,  thou  must  be  waking Baron  V'on  Canitz  ;  tr.  A  non.  330 

Come,  my  soul,  thy  suit  prepare John  Newton.  401 

Come  pure  hearts  in  sweetest,  etc.  .Adam  0/  S.  Victor;  tr.  by  Robert  Campbell.  272 

Come,  quickly  come,  dread  Judge  of  all Laurence  Tuttiett.  9 

Come  see  the  place  where  Jesus  lay Thomas  Kelly.  102 

Come,  Thou  Almighty  King Charles  Wesley  (f).  428 

Come  we  that  love  the  Lord Isaac  Watts.  462 

Come,  ye  sinners,  poor  and  needy Joseph  Hart.  381 

Come,  ye  thankful  people,  come Henry  Alford.  306 

Creator,  Spirit,  by  Whose  aid John  Dryden.  129 

Crown  Him  with  many  crowns Matthew  Bridges.  116 

Dawn  purples  all  the  East  with  light TV.  by  John  Mason  Neale.  354 

Day  of  judgment,  day  of  wonders John  Newton.  481 

Day  of  wrath  !  oh  day  of  mourning Thomas  0/  Celano  ;  tr.  by  W.  J.  Irons.  483 

Dear  Saviour,  if  these  lambs  should  stray Ann  Beadley  Hyde.  215 

Deign  this  union  to  approve William  Bengo  Collyer.  247 

Draw,  Holy  Ghost,  Thy  seven-fold  veil John  Keble.  240 

Dread  Jehovah,  God  of  nations C. F. .  310 

Dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing,  Lord Joseph  Hart.  iCj 

Eternal  Father !  strong  to  save William  Whiting.  267 

Far  from  my  heavenly  home Henry  Francis  Lyte.  520 

Far  from  my  thoughts,  vain  world,  begone Isaac  Watts.  161 

Father  of  heaven.  Whose  love  profound John  Cooper.  142 

Father  of  mercies,  bow  Thine  ear Benjamin  Beddome.  its. 

Father  of  mercies  !  in  Thy  word Anne  Steele.  360 

Father,  what'er  of  earthly  bliss Anne  Steele.  440 

Fierce  was  the  wild  billow 6'.  A  natolius  ;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  265 

For  all  the  saints  who  from  their  labours  rest William  Walsham  How.  187 

For  ever  here  my  rest  shall  be Charles  Wesley.  396 

For  ever  with  the  Lord James  Montgomery.  489 

For  the  Apostles'  glorious  company William  Walsham  How.  1S6 

For  thee,  O  dear,  dear  Country' S.  Bernard  of  Cluny;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  492 

For  Thee,  O  God,  our  constant  praise Tate  and  Brady.  407 

Forth  from  the  dark  and  stormy  sky Reginald  Heber.  201 

Forth  in  Thy  Name,  O  Lord,  I  go   Charles  Wesley.  318 

Forty  days  and  forty  nights George  Hunt  Smyttan.  49 

Fountain  of  good,  to  own  Thy  love Philip  Doddridge.  296 

From  all  that  dwell  below  the  skies Isaac  Watts.  289 

From  all  Thy  saints  in  warfare,  etc Farl  Nelson.  173 

From  every  stormy  wind  that  blows Hugh  Stowell.  403 

From  Greenland's  icy  mountains Reginald  Heber.  283 

Glorious  things  of  thee  are  spoken John  Newton.  190 

Glory  be  to  Jesus  Tr.by  Edward  Caswall.  74 


igS  J5n&cp  of  jFirst  3Lincs. 


HYMN. 

Glory  to  the  Father  give James  Montgomery.  21a 

Glory  to  Thee,  O  Lord Emma  Toke.  179 

Go  forth,  ye  heralds,  in  My  Name Anon.  273 

Go  to  dark  Gethsemane James  Montgomery.  86 

God  bless  our  native  land John  S.  D^uight.  309 

God  is  our  Refuge  in  distress Tate  and  Brady.  194 

God  moves  in  a  mysterious  way WiUia7n  Cowper.  502 

God,  my  King,  Thy  might  confessing Richard  Mant.  423 

God  of  my  life,  O  Lord  most  high Tate  and  Brady.  94 

God  of  my  life,  to  Thee  I  call William  Cowper.  446 

God  of  our  fathers,  by  Whose  hand Philip  Doddridge.  326 

God  shall  charge  His  angel  legions James  Montgomery.  469 

God  that  madest  earth  and  heaven Reginald  Heher  and  Richard  Whately.  344 

God's  perfect  law  converts  the  soul Tate  and  Brady.  363 

God's  temple  crowns  the  holy  mount Tate  and  Brady.  193 

Grace  !  'tis  a  charming  sound Philip  Doddridge.  376 

Great  God,  this  sacred  day  of  Thine Anne  Steele.  151 

Great  God,  to  Thee  my  evening  song A  nne  Steele.  343 

Great  God,  what  do  I  see  and  hear William  Bengo  Collyer.  484 

Great  is  our  guilt,  our  fears  are  great Anon.  174 

Guide  me,  O  Thou  great  Jehovah William  Williams.  505 

Hail,  gladdening  Light,  of  His  pure  glory  ■^aw:' d.. .Athcnogenes;  tr.  by  J.  Keble.  34S 

Hail  the  day  that  sees  Him  rise Charles  Wesley.  114 

Hail,  Thou  long-expected  Jesus Charles  Wesley.  16 

Hail,  Thou  once  despised  Jesus John  Ba/wwell.  76 

Hail  to  the  Lord's  Anointed   Jaines  Montgomery .  34 

Happy,  thrice  happy  they,  who  hear Tate  and  Brady.  503 

Hark  !  hark,  my  soul !  Angelic  songs  are  swelling F.  W.  Faber.  485 

Hark  !  the  glad  sound  !  the  Saviour  comes Philip  Doddridge.  15 

Hark  !  the  herald  angels  sing Charles  Wesley.  17 

Hark  !  the  song  of  jubilee James  Montgo7nery.  42 

Hark  !  the  sound  of  holy  voices Christopher  Wordsworth.  1S9 

Hark  !  the  voice  of  love  and  mercy Jonathan  Evans.  88 

Hark  !  what  mean  those  holy  voices John  Carvood.  20 

Hasten,  sinner  !  to  be  wise Thomas  Scott.  58 

Have  mercy.  Lord,  on  me Tate  and  Brady.  60 

He  is  risen!  He  is  risen! Cecil  Frances  Alexander,  loj 

He  that  has  God  his  guardian  made Tate  and  Brady.  319 

Head  of  the  hosts  in  glory Matthew  Bridges.  198 

Hear  what  the  voice  from  heaven  declares Isaac  Watts.  259 

Heirs  of  unending  life He>try  Usiick  Onderdonk.  479 

He's  blest,  whose  sins  have  pardon  gained Tate  and  Brady,  377 

He's  come,  let  every  knee  be  bent Anon.  125 

High  on  the  bending  willows  hung A  non.  295 

His  mercy  and  His  truch Tate  and  Brady.  243 

Holy  Father,  great  Creator A  lexander  Viets  Griswold.  145 

Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord Christopher  Wordsworth.  140 


Sutrci:  of  JTtrst  2Line».  199 


HYMN. 


Holy,  holy,  holy  Lord Jautes  Mont^^onrery.     .44 

Holy,  holy,  holy  !  Lord  God  Almighty i'^'"    f,  jT'     '' 

Hosanna  to  the  living  Lord Regtnald  HeBer         4 

^,    ■    r    ^  Isaac  IVatts.      44 

How  beauteous  are  their  feet 

How  beautiful  the  feet  that  bring ■■-  John  Mason.  274 

How  bless'd  are  they  who  always  keep Tate  and  Brady.  221 

How  bright  these  glorious  spirits  shine Willzam  Cameron  177 

How  firm  a  foundation,  ye  saints  of  the  Lord George  Keith.  39S 

How  long  shall  earth's  alluring  toys ^««-  Steele  4S7 

How  oft,  alas  !  this  wretched  heart -^ nne  Steele.      56 

How  sweet  the  Name  of  Jesus  sounds •  •  •  John  Nekton.  39. 

How  vast  must  their  advantage  be T-i^-^d  Brady.  185 

,^^^„  ,,,Henry  Williams  Baker.  246 

How  we  come  was  the  call ..'.Philip  Doddridge.  48a 

How  will  my  heart  endure ••  ;".f„     ,      .A       „^  •>>* 

How  wondrous  and  great Henry  Usttck  Onderdonk.      3&  ^7 

I  love  my  God,  but  with  no  love  of  mine Jeanne  Bouvier  Guyon  457 

I  love  Thy  Kingdom,  Lord Timothy  Dv^ight.  xgx 

I  think  when  I  read  that  sweet  story  of  old Je^nm^  Luke.  226 

I  would  not  live  alway,  I  ask  not  to  stay V/illiam  A  ugustus  Muhlenberg.  93 

I'll  praise  my  Maker  with  my  breath ■■■■^^'^''^  ^'^f-  4-° 

I'll  wash  my  hands  in  innocence Tate  and  Brady .  278 

In  loud  exalted  strains Benjamin  Francis.  152 

^,                                                                      Anon.  50 

In  mercy,  not  in  wrath ,  rr   ,7,   it  ^^ 

In  the  hour  of  trial J-  Montgomery  and  H.  W.  Hutton.  443 

,    r         TT  .1.                                                                  Anon.  227 

In  the  vineyard  of  our  Father ,„      j 

In  Thee  I  put  my  steadfast  trust "^"/f  ""    f ,7   y  '" 

In  token  that  thou  Shalt  not  fear Henry  Al/ord.  214 

Inspirer  and  Hearer  of  prayer Augustus  Montague  Toplady.  339 

Instruct  me  in  Thy  statutes,  Lord Tate  and  Brady.  368 

Is  there  a  lone  and  dreary  hour Caroline  Gilman.  444 

It  came  upon  the  midnight  clear Edmund  Hamilton  Sears.  22 

It  is  not  death  to  die George  VV.  Bethune.  97 

Jehovah  reigns,  let  all  the  earth Tate  and  Brady.  418 

Jerusalem  !  high  tow'r  thy  glorious  walls  .Mey/art :  tr.  by  W.  R.  IVhittingham.  497 

•i          ,               ,            ,                                                                       Anon.  490 

Jerusalem,  my  happy  home ,     ^    ,,    ,t     , 

Jerusalem,  the  golden -T.  Bernard  0/ Cluny  ;  tr.  by  J.M.Neale.  493 

Jesu,  Lover  of  my  soul Charles  Wesley.  393 

Jesu,  meek  and  gentle George  Rundle  Prynne  22. 

Jesu,  the  very  thought  of  Thee S.  Bernard ;  tr.  by  E.  Cas^all.  45 

JesuUnd  shall  it  ever  be Joseph  Grigg.  2x8 

•'         '    ,    .     .     .             J                                                                           ..Anon.  99 

Tesus  Christ  is  risen  to-day .    r    ^  c. 

Jesus,  I  my  cross  have  taken Henry  Francis  Lyte.  =36 

}esus  lives:  no  longer  now C.  F  Gillert ;  tr.  by  Frances  Co^_  X04 

■;                  „     .         1     1   „„  „„                                                      J.R.Macduff.  394 

Tesus,  my  Saviour,  look  on  me J  ^ 

Jesus,  my  Strength,  my  Hope W.-Z"":/      m''    Z 

Jesus  !  Name  of  wondrous  love miliam  Walsham  Hovj.      33 


200  Knict  o£  jFirst  Slinta* 

HYMN. 

Jesus  shall  reign  where'er  the  sun /raiw  Watts.  284 

Jesus,  tender  Shepherd,  hear  me Mary  Lundie  Duncan.  352 

Jesus,  Thy  blood  and  righteousness Count  Zinzendor/;  tr.  by  John  Wesley.  480 

Joy  fills  the  dwelling  of  the  just  Tate  and  Brady,  112 

Joy  to  the  world  !  the  Lord  is  come Isaac  Watts.  40 

Just  as  I  am, — without  one  plea Charlotte  Elliott.  392 

Lead,  kindly  Light,  amid  the  encircling  gloom John  Henry  Newman.  512 

Lead  us,  heavenly  Father,  lead  us James  Edmeston.  506 

Let  me  with  light  and  truth  be  bless'd Tate  and  Brady.  162 

Lift  up  your  heads,  eternal  gates Tate  and  Brady.  121 

Lift  your  glad  voices  in  triumph  on  high Henry  Ware.  108 

Light  of  those  whose  dreary  dwelling Charles  Wesley.  39 

Like  Noah's  weary  dove William  A  ugustus  Muhlenberg.  195 

Lo,  He  comes,  with  clouds  descending C.  Wesley  and  J.  Cennick.  i 

Lo  !  hills  and  mountains  shall  bring  forth Tate  and  Brady.  38 

Lo  !  what  a  cloud  of  witnesses A  non.  183 

Look,  ye  saints  ;  the  sight  is  glorious Thomas  Kelly.  115 

Lord,  as  to  Thy  dear  cross  we  flee John  Hampden  Gurney.  251 

Lord,  dismiss  us  with  Thy  blessing Walter  Shirley.  165 

Lord,  for  ever  at  Thy  side James  Montgomery.  466 

Lord,  for  the  just  Thou  dost  provide Joseph  A ddison.  269 

Lord  God,  the  Holy  Ghost Jam.es  Montgomery.  130 

Lord  God,  we  worship  Thee Johann  Frank ;  tr.  by  C.  Wink-worth.  308 

Lord  !  in  the  morning  Thou  shalt  hear Isaac  Watts.  154 

Lord,  in  this  Thy  mercy's  day Isaac  Williams.  63 

Lord,  in  Thy  Name,  Thy  servants  plead John  Keble.  172 

Lord,  lead  the  way  the  Saviour  went William  Croswell,  300 

Lord,  let  me  know  my  term  of  days Tate  and  Brady.  258 

Lord  of  the  harvest,  hear Charles  Wesley.  170 

Lord  of  the  worlds  above Isaac  Watts.  157 

Lord,  pour  Thy  Spirit  from  on  high James  Montgotnery.  270 

Lord,  shall  Thy  children  come  to  Thee Samuel  Hinds.  241 

Lord,  spare  and  save  our  sinful  race Anon.  173 

Lord,  teach  us  how  to  pray  aright James  Montgomery.  400 

Lord,  when  this  holy  morning  broke Anon.  351 

Lord,  when  we  bend  before  Thy  throne Joseph  Dacre  Carlyle.  69 

Lord,  with  glowing  heart  I'd  praise  Thee Francis  Scott  Key.  454 

Love  divine,  all  love  excelling Charles  Wesley.  456 

Magnify  Jehovah's  Name James  Montgomery.  408 

May  God  accept  our  vow Anon.  244 

May  the  grace  of  Christ  our  Saviour John  Newton.  168 

My  faith  looks  up  to  Thee Ray  Palmer.  237 

My  God,  accept  my  heart  this  day Matthew  Bridges.  234 

My  God,  and  is  Thy  table  spread Philip  Doddridge.  205 

My  God,  how  endless  is  Thy  love Isaac  Watts.  324 


linrstx  of  ffitst  Jlines.  201 

HYMN. 

My  God,  how  wonderful  Thou  art Frederick  William  Faber.  460 

My  God,  I  love  Thee,  not  because 5.  Francis  Xavier :  tr.  by  E.  Caswall.  458 

My  God,  my  Father,  while  I  stray Charlotte  Elliott.  256 

My  God,  permit  me  not  to  be Isaac  Watts.  57 

My  God  !  the  covenant  of  Thy  love Philip  Doddridge.  217 

My  grateful  soul  shall  bless  the  Lord Tate  and  Brady.  93 

My  hope,  my  steadfast  trust Tate  and  Brady.  518 

My  opening  eyes  with  rapture  see J-  Hutton  (?).  158 

My  sins,  my  sins,  my  Saviour ,. Jokn  Samuel  Bewley  Monsell.  64 

My  soul  be  on  thy  guard George  Heath.  470 

My  soul,  for  help  on  God  rely Tate  and  Brady.  439 

My  soul,  inspired  with  sacred  love Tate  and  Brady.  499 

My  soul  with  grateful  thoughts  of  love Tate  and  Brady.  264 

My  soul  with  patience  waits Tate  and  Brady.  53 

Nearer,  my  God,  to  Thee Sarah  Flower  Adams.  507 

New  every  morning  is  the  love John  Keble.  329 

No  change  of  time  shall  ever  shock Tate  and  Brady.  437 

Not  for  the  dead  in  Christ  we  weep Anna  Letitia  Barbauld  {?).  261 

Not  to  the  terrors  of  the  Lord Isaac  Waits.  184 

Now  from  the  altar  of  our  hearts John  Mason.  347 

Now  may  He  Who  from  the  dead John  Newton.  164 

Now  may  the  God  of  grace  and  power Isaac  Watts.  313 

Now,  my  soul,  thy  voice,  etc Santolius  Maglorianus :  tr.  by  H.  W.  Baker.  75 

Now  thank  we  all  our  God Martin  Rinkart ;  tr.  by  C.  Winkworth.  303 

Now  to  the  Lamb  that  once  was  slain Isaac  Watts.  385 

O  all  ye  people,  clap  your  hands Tate  and  Brady.  120 

O  bless  the  Lord,  my  soul Thotnas  Cotterill  (?).  413 

O  come,  all  ye  faithful Tr.  by  Frederic  Oakeley.  19 

O  come  and  mourn  with  me  awhile Frederick  William  Faber.  89 

O  come,  loud  anthems  let  us  sing Tate  and  Brady.  301 

O  come,  O  come,  Emmanuel Tr.by  John  Mason  Neale.  13 

O  could  I  speak  the  matchless  worth Samuel  Medley.  374 

O  day  of  rest  and  gladness Christopher  Wordsworth.  160 

O  for  a  closer  walk  with  God . . ._ William  Cowfer.  435 

O  for  a  heart  to  praise  my  God  ' Charles  Wesley.  467 

O  for  a  thousand  tongues  to  sing Charles  Wesley.  417 

O  God  !  creation's  secret  Force Tr.by  John  Mason  Neale.  357 

O  God,  my  gracious  God,  to  Thee Tate  and  Brady.  320 

O  God,  my  heart  is  fixed,  'tis  bent Tate  and  Brady.  414 

O  God  of  Bethel,  by  Whose  hand Philip  Doddridge.  473 

O  God  of  hosts,  the  mighty  Lord Tate  and  Brady.  245 

O  God  of  love,  O  King  of  peace Henry  Williams  Baker.  312 

O  God  of  truth,  O  Lord  of  might Tr.by  John  Mason  Neale.  336 

O  God,  our  help  in  ages  past Isaac  Watts.  29 

O  gracious  God,  in  Whom  I  live A  nne  Steele.  66 

O  happy  day,  that  stays  my  choice Philip  Doddridge.  233 


202  Untiex  of  ffivBt  aines. 

HYMN. 

O  happy  is  the  man  who  hears Michael  Bruce.  222 

O  holy,  holy,  holy  Lord Jajttes  Wallis  Eastburn.  139 

O  Jesu,  Thou  art  standing William  W ahham  How.  10 

O  Jesus,  Saviour  of  the  lost  Ed-ward  Henry  Bickersteth.  388 

O  let  triumphant  faith  dispel {Scotch  Paraphrase)  Michael  Bruce.  390 

O  Lord  of  hosts.  Whose  glory  fills John  Mason  Neale.  276 

O  Lord,  the  Holy  Innocents Anon.  178 

O  Lord,  Thy  mercy,  my  sure  hope Tate  and  Brady.  498 

O  mother  dear,  Jerusalem ^''  E.  B.  P."  493 

O  Paradise,  O  Paradise  Frederick  Williant  Faber.  509 

O  praise  the  Lord  in  that  blest  place Tate  and  Brady.  412 

O  praise  ye  the  Lord Tate  and  Brady.  406 

O  render  thanks  to  God  above Tate  and  Brady.  416 

O  sacred  Head,  now,  etc  .^.  Ber7iard ;  Paul  Gerhardi ;  tr.  by  J.  W.  Alexander.  87 

O  Spirit  of  the  living  God James  Montgo7nery.  126 

O  that  my  load  of  sin  were  gone Charles  Wesley.  389 

O  Thou  from  Whom  all  goodness  flows Thomas  Haweis.  63 

O  Thou  that  hear'st  when  sinners  cry Isaac  Watts.  386 

O  Thou  to  Whom  all  creatures  bow Tate  and  Brady.  517 

O  Thou  to  Whose  all-searching  sight Tersteegen  ;  tr,  by  John  Wesley.  62 

O  Thou  Who  didst  prepare Mrs.  Tonna  {Charlotte  Elizabeth).  268 

O  'twas  a  joyful  sound  to  hear Tate  and  Brady.  281 

O  where  shall  rest  be  found James  Montgomery.  513 

O  why  should  Israel's  sons,  once  bless'd Jatnes  Joyce.  294 

O  with  due  reverence  let  us  all Tate  and  Brady.  280 

O  Wisdom  !  spreading  mightily,  -1 

O  Root  of  Jesse  !  Ensign  Thou, 

O  Israel's  Sceptre  !  David's  Key,  !        Advent 

O  Day-Spring  and  Eternal  Light,         |      A 

O  King  !  Desire  of  Nations  !  come, 

O  Lawgiver  !  Emmanuel  !  King, 

O  Word  of  God  Incarnate William  Walsham  How.  362 

O  Worship  the  King Robert  Grant.  319 

O  write  upon  my  memory.  Lord Isaac  Watts.  228 

O'er  the  gloomy  hills  of  darkness William  Williams.  288 

Oft  in  danger,  oft  in  woe F.  F.  Maitland and  H.  K.  White.  477 

On  Jordan's  bank  the  Baptist's  cry Paris  Breviary  ;  tr.  by  John  Chandler.  12 

On  Sion  and  on  Lebanon Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk.  286 

One  sole  baptismal  sign George  Robinson.  197 

Once  in  Royal  David's  city Cecil  Frances  A  lexander.  233 

Once  more,  O  Lord,  Thy  sign  shall  be George  Washington  Doane.  8 

Once  more  the  solemn  season  c^X?,.  .Paris  Br ev.:  tr.  by  Compilers  of  A.  and  M.  48 

Once  the  angel  started  back John  Williams,  in 

Onward,  Christian  soldiers Sabine  Baring  Gould.  232 

Our  blest  Redeemer,  ere  He  breathed Harriet  Auber.  132 

Our  hearts  to  Thee  in  prayer  we  bow W.  C.  Dix  (?).  249 

Our  Lord  is  risen  from  the  dead Charles  Wesley.  117 


nthems.}    Tr.  by  Earl  Nelson. 


Kn&ei:  of  jFitst  Hints.  203 


91 


HYMN, 

Pain  and  toil  are  over  now Cecil  Frances  A  lexander. 

Peace,  troubled  soul,  whose  plaintive  moan Walter  Shirley.  375 

Pleasant  are  Thy  courts  above Henry  Francis  Lyte.  200 

Praise,  O  praise  our  God  and  King Henry  Williams  Baker.  303 

Praise  to  God,  immortal  praise A nna  Letitia  Barbauld.  302 

Praise  to  God  Who  reigns  above Richard  M,  Benson.  182 

Praise  we  the  Lord  this  day A  non.  i8i 

Prayer  is  the  soul's  sincere  desire  James  Montgomery .  404 

Quiet,  Lord,  my  froward  heart John  Newton.  465 

Rejoice,  rejoice,  believers Laurentius  Laurenti ;  tr.  by  J.  Borthiuick.  s 

Resting  from  His  work  to-day Tliomas  Whytehead.  90 

Rich  are  the  joys  which  cannot  die Philip  Doddridge.  297 

Ride  on  !  ride  on  in  majesty Henry  Hart  Milnian.  73 

Rise,  crown'd  with  light,  imperial  Salem,  rise Alexander  Pope.  36 

Rise,  my  soul,  and  stretch  thy  wings Robert  Seagrave.  447 

Rock  of  Ages,  cleft  for  me A  ugitstus  Montague  Toplady.  391 

Round  the  Lord  in  glory  seated Richard  Mant.  431 

Ruler  of  Israel,  Lord  of  INIight, — Advent  Anthem Tr.  by  Earl  Nelson.  14 

Safe  Home,  safe  Home  in  port.. 6".  Joseph,  oy  the  Studium :  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  262 

Safely  through  another  week John  Newton.  350 

Salvation  doth  to  God  belong Philip  Doddridge.  304 

Salvation,  O  the  joyful  sound Isaac  Watts.  369 

Saviour,  again  to  Thy  dear  Name  we  raise John  Ellerton.  169 

Saviour,  like  a  Shepherd  lead  us A  non.  229 

Saviour,  source  of  every  blessing Robert  Robinson.  370 

Saviour,  when  in  dust  to  Thee Robert  Grant.  53 

Saviour,  when  night  involves  the  skies Thomas  Gisborne.  325 

Saviour,  Who  Thy  flock  art  feeding William  A  ugustus  Muhlenberg.  213 

See  the  destined  day  arise Richard  Mant.  81 

Shepherd  divine,  our  wants  relieve Charles  Wesley.  402 

Shepherd  of  souls,  refresh  and  bless Charles  Wesley.  210 

Shout  the  glad  tidings,  exultingly  sing William  A  ugustus  Muhlenberg.  23 

Since  I've  known  a  Saviour's  Name Charles  Wesley.  478 

Sing  Allelulia  forth  in  duteous  praise Tr.  by  John  Ellerton.  432 

Sing,  my  soul.  His  wondrous  love Anon.  373 

Sinner,  rouse  thee  from  thy  sleep Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk.  59 

Sinners  !  turn,  why  will  ye  die Charles  Wesley.  54 

Softly  now  the  light  of  day George  Washington  Doane.  340 

Soldiers  of  Christ,  arise Charles  Wesley.  216 

Songs  of  praise  the  angels  sang James  Montgomery.  422 

Sons  of  men,  behold  from  far Charles  Wesley.  47 

Souls  in  heathen  darkness  lying Cecil  Frances  A  lexander.  2^ 

Sow  in  the  morn  thy  seed James  Montgomery.  29S 

Spirit  of  mercy,  truth,  and  love Anon.  133 

Stand  up,  my  soul,  shake  off  thy  fears Isaac  Watts.  124 


204  Kn&et;  of  JFirst  SHinta, 


Stay,  Thou  long-suffering  Spirit,  stay Charles  Wesley.  387 

Sun  of  my  soul.  Thou  Saviour  dear John  Keble.  336 

Supreme  in  wisdom  as  in  power {Scotch  Paraphrase)  Williatn  Cameron.  475 

Sweet  is  the  work,  my  God,  my  King Isaac  Watts.  150 

Sweet  Saviour,  bless  us  ere  we  go Frederick  William  Faber.  338 

Sweet  the  moments,  rich  in  blessing James  A  lien  and  Walter  Shirley.  84 

Tender  Shepherd,  Thou,  ^\.c...j0hn  William  Meinhold;  ir.  by  C.  Wink-worth.  263 

That  day  of  wrath,  that  dreadful  day Walter  Scott.  3 

The  ancient  law  departs  . .  .Paris  Brev.;  tr,  by  Compilers  of  Hymtis  A  .  and  M.  32 

The  atoning  work  is  done Thomas  Kelly.  118 

The  Church's  one  foundation Samuel  John  Stone.  202 

The  day  is  gently  sinking  to  a  close Christopher  Wordsworth.  '  349 

The  day  is  past  and  gone John  Leland.  334 

The  day  is  past  and  over S.  A  natolius  ;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  341 

The  day  of  praise  is  done John  Ellcrton.  346 

The  day  of  resurrection S.  John  Da7iiascene ;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale,  105 

The  gentle  Saviour  calls Philip  Doddridge.  212 

The  God  of  Abraham  praise Thomas  Olivers.  141 

The  God  of  life.  Whose  constant  care Philip  Doddridge.  30 

The  heavens  declare  Thy  glory,  Lord Isaac  Watts.  361 

The  King  of  love  my  Shepherd  is Henry  Williams  Baker.  464 

The  Lord  descended  from  above .' Thomas  Stertihold.  soc 

The  Lord  hath  spoke,  the  mighty  God Tate  and  Brady.  11 

The  Lord  Himself,  the  mighty  Lord Tate  and  Brady.  438 

The  Lord  my  pasture  shall  prepare Joseph  Addison.  504 

The  Lord  our  God  is  clothed  with  might Henry  Kirke  White.  516 

The  Lord,  the  only  God,  is  great Tate  and  Brady.  196 

The  Lord  unto  my  Lord  thus  spake Tate  and  Brady.  6 

The  Lord  will  come  ;  the  earth  shall  quake Reginald  Heber.  2 

The  Name  of  our  God A  non.  41 

The  rising  God  forsakes  the  tomb Isaac  Watts  and  Charles  Wesley.  119 

The  royal  banners  forward  go Venantius  Fortunatus  ;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  79 

The  servants  of  Jehovah's  will Tate  and  Brady.  122 

The  shadows  of  the  evening  hours Adelaide  A nne  Proctor.  337 

The  Son  of  God  goes  forth  to  war Reginald  Heber.  176 

The  spacious  firmament  on  high Joseph  A ddison.  508 

The  Spirit  in  our  hearts Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk.  134 

The  strain  upraise  of  joy  and  praise Godescalcus  :  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  425 

The  strife  is  o'er,  the  battle  done Tr.  by  Francis  Pott.  103 

The  sun  is  sinking  fast .  TV.  by  Edward  Caswall.  345 

The  voice  of  free  grace Thursby  (?).  384 

The  voice  that  breathed  o'er  Eden John  Keble.  248 

The  wingfed  herald  of  the  day Tr.  by  John  Mason  Neale.  353 

The  world  is  very  evil S.  Bernard  of  Cluny  ;  tr.  by  J.  M.  Neale.  490 

Thee  will  I  love,  my  Strength,  my  Tower  ..Angelas  Silesius;  tr.  by  J.  Wesley.  461 

There  is  a  blessfed  home Henry  Williams  Baker.  317 

There  is  a  book,  who  runs  may  read John  Keble.  367 


Unntv  ot  jFirst  Hines.  205 

HYMN. 

There  is  a  fold,  whence  none  can  Stray John  East.    468 

There  is  a  fountain  fiU'd  with  blood William  Convper.     383  . 

There  is  a  green  hill  far  away Cecil  Frances  A  lexander.    231 

There  is  a  land  of  pure  delight Isaac  Watts.    488 

Thine  for  ever  :-God  of  love Mary  Fabler  Maude.    238 

This  is  the  day  of  light John  Ellerton      159 

This  life's  a  dream,  an  empty  show Isaac  Watts.      96 

This  stone  to  Thee  in  faith  we  lay y<^"^^^  Montgomery.     275 

Thou  art  gone  up  on  high *. Emma  Joke.     113 

Thou  art  my  Hiding-place,  O  Lord Thomas  Raffles.     253 

Thou  art  the  Way ,  to  Thee  alone George  Washington  Doane     501 

Thou,  God,  all  glory,  honour,  power John  Patrtck.     203 

Thou  hidden  love  of  God,  Whose  height  .  Gerhard  Tersteegen  :  tr.  by  J.  Wesley.    515 

Thou   Lord,  by  strictest  search  hast  known Tate  and  Brady.       52 

Thou,  Whom  my  soul  admires  above Isaac  Watts.     459 

Thou,  Whose  almighty  word John  Mar rtott.     146 

Through  all  the  changing  scenes  of  life Tate  and  Brady      41S 

Through  the  day  Thy  love  has  spared  us Thomas  Kelly.    342 

Thus  God  declares  His  sovereign  will Tate  and  Brady.     1 10 

Thy  chastening  wrath,  O  Lord,  restrain Tate  and  Brady.      51 

Thy  Kingdom  come,  O  God L.  Hensley.        7 

Thy  presence,  Lord,  hath  me  supplied, Tate  and  Brady.     448 

Thy  way,  not  mine,  O  Lord HoratiusBonar.     254 

Thy  word  is  to  my  feet  a  lamp Tate  and  Brady.    366 

'Tis  finished  :  so  the  Saviour  cried Samuel  Stennett.      85 

'Tis  my  happiness  below William  Copper.     445 

To  bless  Thy  chosen  race Tate  and  Brady.     2S5 

To  hail  Thy  rising.  Sun  of  life John  Morrtson        27 

To  Him  Who  for  our  sins  was  slain A  rthur  Tozer  Russell.     109 

To  Jesus,  our  exalted  Lord Anne  Steele.    204 

To  our  Redeemer's  glorious  Name Anne  Steele.     372 

To  Sion's  hill  I  lift  my  eyes Tate  and  Brady.     316 

To  Thy  temple  I  repair James  Montgomery.     163 

To-morrow,  Lord,  is  Thine PhiUP  ^'^'fj^f'     3^' 

Triumphant  Sion,  lift  Thy  head PhUip  Doddridge.    192 

Up  to  the  hills  I  lift  mine  eyes Isaac  Watts.    3" 

Watchman!  tell  us  of  the  night James  Bojring.  43 

We  build  with  fruitless  cost,  unless Tate  and  Brady.  3" 

„,      .      .            .  ,         .  ^                                                                Isaac  Watts.  143 

We  give  immortal  praise „,  ,  , 

We  give  Thee  but  Thine  own ^'V/.a«.  Walsham  Hon,.  299 

We  sing  the  praise  of  Him  Who  died Thomas  Aelly.  78 

Weary  of  earth,  and  laden  with  my  sin Samuel  John  Stone.  67 

Weary  of  wandering  from  my  God Charles  Wesley.  70 

Welcome,  sweet  day  of  rest Isaac  Watts.  147 

What  a  strange  and  wondrous  story '""*•  '^^ 

What  are  these  in  bright  array James  Montgomery.  494 


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HYMN. 

Whate'er  my  God  ordains  is  right  .    .  ..Samuel  Rodigast ;  tr.  hy  C.  Winkworth.  257 

When  all  Thy  mercies,  O  my  God Joseph  Addison.  426 

When  gathering  clouds  around  I  view Robert  Grant.  250 

When  God  of  old  came  down  from  heaven John  Keble.  136 

When,  His  salvation  bringing Joshtta  King.  219 

When  I  can  read  my  title  clear Isaac  Watts.  453 

When  I  can  trust  my  all  with  God Josiah  Conder.  323 

When  I  survey  the  wondrous  Cross Isaac  Watts,  83 

When  Jesus  left  His  Father's  throne James  Montgotnery.  230 

When,  Lord,  to  this  our  western  land   Henry  Ustick  Onderdonk.  293 

When,  marshall'd  on  the  nightly  plain Henry  Kirke  White.  46 

When  musing  sorrow  weeps  the  past Gerard  Thotnas  Noel.  255 

When  our  heads  are  bowed  with  woe Henry  Hart  Milman.  252 

When,  streaming  from  the  eastern  skies 'William  Shrubsole.  314 

When  through  the  torn  sail  the  wild  tempest,  etc Reginald  Heber.  266 

When,  wounded  sore,  the  stricken  soul  Cecil  Frances  A  lexander.  380 

While  shepherds  watch'd  their  flocks  by  night Nahum  Tate.  i3 

While  Thee  I  seek,  protecting  Power Helen  Maria  Williams.  441 

While  with  ceaseless  course  the  sun John  Newton.  31 

Who  is  this  that  comes  from  Edom Thomas  Kelly.  77 

Who  place  on  Sion's  God  their  trust Tate  and  Brady.  436 

With  broken  heart  and  contrite  sigh Cornelius  Elven.  71 

With  glory  clad,  with  strength  arrayed Tate  and  Brady.  427 

With  joy  shall  I  behold  the  day Ja7nes  Merrick.  193 

With  one  consent  let  all  the  earth Tate  and  Brady.  277 

Witness,  ye  men  and  angels,  now Benjamin  Beddome.  239 

Ye  boundless  realms  of  joy Tate  and  Brady.  411 

Ye  Christian  heralds,  go,  proclaim A  nan.  290 

Ye  servants  of  the  Lord Philip  Doddridge.  171 


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